Arcadis, a design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, has been selected by the city of Columbus, Ohio, to design energy efficiency and biogas recycling improvements at the city’s Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant. The improved plant is designed to recycle biogas to generate electricity.
Arcadis will design a combined heat and power (CHP) engine designed to burn biogas and produce electricity and heat for the plant under a $1 million contract. Biogas is produced by the plant’s anaerobic digesters. Arcadis will manage the CHP engine procurement, pair it with a gas cleaning system for producing fuel and integrate the new CHP system into the plant’s existing electrical and heating system. The new system will also be scalable to accommodate city growth.
“Using biogas to fuel the engines is significantly more efficient and environmentally friendly than using coal power or natural gas, and it will strengthen our city’s sustainability going forward,” Todd Krenelka, Columbus Department of Public Utilities, says. “The city has a strong interest in fully using our resources, and this project meets multiple objectives within Columbus’ Green Memos.”
The design phase of the project will run through October 2019 with construction scheduled to take place in spring 2020.
“We applaud Columbus for embarking on a multiyear initiative to promote sustainability within the city and to contribute to solutions for ongoing global environmental issues,” John McCarthy, Arcadis Water president, says. “Arcadis looks forward to building a more efficient and sustainable power system to help the city meet its climate change, energy, built environment and community engagement objectives.”
Arcadis has designed, managed construction and overseen the startup of a variety of CHP systems, including the Gloversville-Johnstown Joint Wastewater Treatment Facility in New York. Similarly, Arcadis was responsible for the design and construction management of the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Long Island, New York, which has been running for 30 years.
Arcadis will design a combined heat and power (CHP) engine designed to burn biogas and produce electricity and heat for the plant under a $1 million contract. Biogas is produced by the plant’s anaerobic digesters. Arcadis will manage the CHP engine procurement, pair it with a gas cleaning system for producing fuel and integrate the new CHP system into the plant’s existing electrical and heating system. The new system will also be scalable to accommodate city growth.
“Using biogas to fuel the engines is significantly more efficient and environmentally friendly than using coal power or natural gas, and it will strengthen our city’s sustainability going forward,” Todd Krenelka, Columbus Department of Public Utilities, says. “The city has a strong interest in fully using our resources, and this project meets multiple objectives within Columbus’ Green Memos.”
The design phase of the project will run through October 2019 with construction scheduled to take place in spring 2020.
“We applaud Columbus for embarking on a multiyear initiative to promote sustainability within the city and to contribute to solutions for ongoing global environmental issues,” John McCarthy, Arcadis Water president, says. “Arcadis looks forward to building a more efficient and sustainable power system to help the city meet its climate change, energy, built environment and community engagement objectives.”
Arcadis has designed, managed construction and overseen the startup of a variety of CHP systems, including the Gloversville-Johnstown Joint Wastewater Treatment Facility in New York. Similarly, Arcadis was responsible for the design and construction management of the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Long Island, New York, which has been running for 30 years.
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