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Ze-gen, Inc. Hosts Ribbon Cutting at Demonstration
Facility in New Bedford
Facility will pilot company’s innovative waste
gasification and renewable energy generation technology
 BOSTON--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Ze-gen, Inc., a clean energy company providing
advanced gasification technology to convert waste
streams into synthetic natural gas and low emissions
electrical energy, is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony
today to mark the opening of its newly constructed
demonstration facility in New Bedford, MA. The facility
is located at New Bedford Waste Services, LLC (NBWS) at
1245 Shawmut Avenue in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
“New Bedford is thrilled to welcome the Ze-gen facility
to our community. The company strives to not only
provide an environmentally preferable alternative to
landfilling but also provides the City of New Bedford
with job creation and opportunities for economic
growth,” said Mayor Scott Lang of New Bedford. “We look
forward to working with Ze-gen in the coming months as
the facility’s technology and operations are tested, and
down the road as they develop into a full-scale, full
capacity facility.”
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) awarded Ze-gen with operational permits at the end
of 2006, which allow the demonstration plant to operate
for 12 months. This limited-time operation will allow
Ze-gen to collect all the data on the system and the
resulting synthetic gas needed to design a full-scale
facility, which the company would like to locate in New
Bedford.
“Ze-gen’s gasification process is an important
experiment in using an innovative technology and
different feedstocks to generate clean energy,” said
David Cash, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Executive
Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. “We are
eager to see the results of the test operations.”
“We are very excited to be launching our demonstration
facility today in New Bedford,” said Bill Davis,
President and CEO of Ze-gen. “This is the first step in
testing the mechanics of our operation and will allow us
to perfect our technology and position us for the launch
of a full-scale facility. We’re encouraged to have such
enthusiastic support from the City of New Bedford, the
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and
other state entities, and we are thankful for everyone’s
efforts in realizing this project.”
NBWS’s facility has been site assigned by the City of
New Bedford and permitted by DEP to handle, process and
transfer up to 1,500 tons per day of C&D material,
municipal solid waste (MSW) and scrap tires.
About Ze-gen, Inc.
Ze-gen was founded in mid-2004 to develop and deploy
advanced gasification technology which converts
municipal waste streams into energy and other beneficial
products such as synthetic natural gas with
virtually zero emissions. In addition to the
environmental problems associated with conventional
means of waste disposal, there is considerable energy
content in ordinary waste streams such as construction
and demolition debris and municipal solid waste.
Industry data suggests that in the United States alone,
over 50,000 megawatts of latent energy potential is
unexploited every year as these waste streams are buried
in landfills. Ze-gen is poised to be the market leader
in the environmentally friendly re-purposing of these
waste streams into renewable energy. For more
information and a multimedia glimpse of the future,
visit www.ze-gen.com. |
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