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other efforts. Awardees were recognized as having “chosen to see the world of possibilities and achieved excellence in pursuit of a preferred future.” The project is noteworthy and successful for numerous reasons. o The facility now uses nearly 100% of a former “waste” as fuel. This waste was only about 50% utilized before. o The Essex Junction community is now using a renewable energy source to reduce costs and prevent pollution. o A small, rural municipality has been able to implement innovative microturbine technology while maintaining community confidence and rate stability. o Implementation of distributed generation reduces power demand and helps ensure power availability in a local electric utility T&D constrained area. o The facility, and its ratepayers, are saving 40% off their electric bills each year. o Many other wastewater facilities can install similar systems and achieve similar results. Of the 16,000 POTWs in the country, approximately 20% of these facilities use anaerobic digestion, and roughly 1,100 use anaerobic digestion and have average flows of 2 MGD or more. In addition to POTWs, there are also industrial and private wastewater facilities for which CHP would be applicable and cost-effective. By recognizing that methane-fueled microturbines can be cost-effective at small, rural wastewater plants, and not just larger facilities, an entire new segment of the wastewater market is now open to distributed generation opportunities. For efficiency organizations, and other potential funding sources, this is what you can do to facilitate implementation of wastewater CHP projects. Show that it’s been done before to reduce the perception of taxpayer risk. Understand the economic requirements of your customer (e.g., payback requirements, ROI requirements, etc.). Provide funding when possible. Help the facility find other funding sources. Spread the news to generate support and excitement for the project. Let others know about your experience. The technology continues to improve, the costs continue to come down, and methane can mean money for wastewater facilities. References [EPA] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2003a. Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) 2000 Process Report. Available online: http://cfpub.epa.gov/cwns/process.cfm [EPA] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2003b. Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) Report to Congress. Available online: http://www.epa.gov/owm/mtb/cwns/2000rtc/toc.htm Vesilind, P.A. et. al., ed. 2003. Wastewater Treatment Plant Design, Alexandria, Virg.: Water Environment Federation. Bishop, J. 2004. “Digester Gas Unpopular as Power Fuel” Water Environment & Technology. July. Allentown, City of. 2001. City of Allentown, Pennsylvania web site. Available online: www.allentownwater.orgPDF Image | Turning Methane into Money: Cost-Effective Methane Co-Generation Using Microturbines at a Small, Rural Wastewater Plant
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