A new biogas cogeneration plant in Wisconsin will provide a landfill alternative to several materials recyclers traditionally have discarded.

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) is installing a biogas cogeneration plant that will divert a number of materials away from the landfill while also providing electrical power and heat to the campus.

A key technology provider for the new biogas system is Cenergy Power Systems Technologies Inc., Orange Park, Fla., which is owned in part by its management team and in part by Germany-based 2G Bio-Energietechnik AG.

Cenergy (www.2g-cenergy.com) describes the combined heat and power (CHP) system being installed as “the first dry fermentation anaerobic biodigester in the nation, which will convert yard and food waste into biogas.”

Michael J. Turwitt, the president and CEO of Cenergy, says the system at UWO and others like it will provide quick return-on-investment (ROI) for the corporations and institutions that install them, by providing energy internally without the monthly utility bill as well as by saving on waste hauling and disposal costs.
 

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