Mar 20 2010
Envirepel Energy announced that its first renewable facility, the Kittyhawk Project, will be reopened by April 2010. Envirepel Energy, based in California, is a privately held company. To address the challenge of a shareholder proxy effort, the facility was temporarily closed in June 2009.
The 2.5-MW Kittyhawk Project utilizes biomass for generating power and also produces bio-fuel from recovered carbon dioxide and water. This non-polluting facility was permitted and constructed amidst a commercial business park. The project is a forerunner for many anti-global warming facilities to be developed and financed.
Chairman and CEO of the company, Anthony J. Arand, stated that the company has ensured that no significant amounts of environment damaging pollution was emitted from the project and is a good example how even very difficult permits can be obtained. He further stated the company is very happy to start working by the middle of April and finish commercial operations of the power generating plant and initial production of bio-fuel by 2010 fourth quarter. If the company’s technology for the recovery of carbon dioxide and bio-fuel production is successful, then it can be utilized to produce a potential 5% of the energy needs of the country from recycled landfill waste supply, he commented.
According to the California Public Utilities Commission, the technology from Envirepel Energy will address California’s requirements for clean renewable energy. It will also serve to help the state’s mandate that utility companies in California should have 20% renewable energy in their electrical energy portfolios by the 2010 end.
Source: www.envirepel.com