Charlotte, North Carolina-based Blue Sphere Corp., an international Independent Power Producer (IPP) that is globally active in the clean energy production and waste to energy markets, provided a project update today for the waste-to-energy facility it has developed and is currently under construction in Johnston, Rhode Island.
The company has been developing a 3.2 megawatt (MW) anaerobic digestion biogas facility that will sell electricity to the national grid under a 15-year power purchase agreement.
“Our EPC contractor, Auspark LLC, (the U.S. subsidiary of Austep Group, based in Milan, Italy, the EPC we are working with in Europe) issued an update stating that the plant is going through the phases needed to bring the facility to the testing and commissioning phase,” Blue Sphere stated in a press release.
During the few last weeks, the Auspark team of engineers and subcontractors have been completing key elements of construction while preparing the facility for testing, commissioning and, ultimately, the commencement of operating activities. The Auspark update stated that the facilities' weighting station has been installed and connected; the large Reception Building has been equipped with the Austep proprietary patented pretreatment equipment; the primary construction of the Biopulper; hot digesters and cold digester are all complete; the installation of the membrane for the gas holder is complete; the assembly of the piping circuits necessary for the Heat Exchangers is complete; the Biogas Line is complete; the construction of the Safety Torches is complete; and the Parasitic Load connection was scheduled for Dec. 1, 2016 and the cold commissioning of the combined heat and power (CHP) units will begin shortly thereafter.
"We are very excited for the Rhode Island facility to be entering into this phase of development especially with winter about to arrive in the northeastern United States,” says Shlomi Palas, the Company's CEO. “We have been working very hard with all of our partners including the Austep Group to see this facility take shape and we further look forward to the day when we see this amazing asset become fully operational."
The company has been developing a 3.2 megawatt (MW) anaerobic digestion biogas facility that will sell electricity to the national grid under a 15-year power purchase agreement.
“Our EPC contractor, Auspark LLC, (the U.S. subsidiary of Austep Group, based in Milan, Italy, the EPC we are working with in Europe) issued an update stating that the plant is going through the phases needed to bring the facility to the testing and commissioning phase,” Blue Sphere stated in a press release.
During the few last weeks, the Auspark team of engineers and subcontractors have been completing key elements of construction while preparing the facility for testing, commissioning and, ultimately, the commencement of operating activities. The Auspark update stated that the facilities' weighting station has been installed and connected; the large Reception Building has been equipped with the Austep proprietary patented pretreatment equipment; the primary construction of the Biopulper; hot digesters and cold digester are all complete; the installation of the membrane for the gas holder is complete; the assembly of the piping circuits necessary for the Heat Exchangers is complete; the Biogas Line is complete; the construction of the Safety Torches is complete; and the Parasitic Load connection was scheduled for Dec. 1, 2016 and the cold commissioning of the combined heat and power (CHP) units will begin shortly thereafter.
"We are very excited for the Rhode Island facility to be entering into this phase of development especially with winter about to arrive in the northeastern United States,” says Shlomi Palas, the Company's CEO. “We have been working very hard with all of our partners including the Austep Group to see this facility take shape and we further look forward to the day when we see this amazing asset become fully operational."
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