Bioenergy Devco honored for Maryland AD facility

Annapolis, Maryland-based Bioenergy Devco, which designs, constructs, finances and operates advanced anaerobic digestion (AD) systems, has announced that its AD facility in Jessup, Maryland has been presented the Top Project of the Year Award in the Environment and Energy Leader Awards program. This accolade recognizes the company’s bioenergy center as a leader making strides in energy or environmental management, Bioenergy Devco says.

“We are honored to be recognized by the Environment and Energy Leader judges for our state-of-the-art food waste recycling facility in Jessup, Maryland,” Bioenergy Devco CEO Shawn Kreloff says. “At Bioenergy Devco, we are leading a nationwide food waste recycling movement. Our commercial scale anaerobic digestion facilities can move our communities huge steps towards a circular energy economy and towards mitigating climate change.”

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Bioenergy Devco says its newest organics recycling facility is the first of its scale in the state. The facility is capable of recycling 110,000 tons of organics annually to produce approximately 312,000 metric million British thermal units (MMBtu) of renewable natural gas for energy and 16,575 tons of fertile soil amendment for agricultural and other land use. The resulting greenhouse gas prevention has the equivalent environmental impact of 69,061 acres of U.S. Forests in one year, or 82 times the size of Central Park.

“This year’s entrants had to surpass an exceptionally high bar to qualify for an award, thanks to a seasoned and discerning judging panel, as well as stringent judging criteria,” Sarah Roberts, copresident of Environment and Energy Leader says.