Quantum Biopower Completes New WTE Facility in Connecticut

Waste 360 || November 16, 2016

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ENERGY > WASTE-TO-ENERGY The company is still waiting on operating approvals, but it could begin generating electricity for local building as soon as next year.

Quantum Biopower completed the construction of a two-acre food waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Southington, Conn., on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. The company is still waiting on operating approvals, but it could begin generating electricity for local building as soon as next year.

The facility, which will be run by three people, is expected to receive 150 tons of food waste per day. Additionally, the facility will produce 1.2 megawatts of power a year when running at full capacity. The energy generated will then be sold to the Town of Southington at a reduced rate to power municipal buildings.