Biogas-To-Energy Helps A New York Facility Toward Self-Sufficiency

Ithaca’s clean-water plant has boosted biogas production and energy generation in a project that will yield $9 million in guaranteed savings over a 20-year contract.

Jun 11, 2015 | by Doug Day |

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Biogas-To-Energy Helps A New York Facility Toward Self-Sufficiency — The 35,000-cubic-foot Ovivo Ultrastore membrane gas storage system ensures a good supply of biogas and maintains the proper pressure.

Biogas-To-Energy Helps A New York Facility Toward Self-Sufficiency — Two 1987-era engines were replaced by four energy-efficient Capstone microturbines.

Biogas-To-Energy Helps A New York Facility Toward Self-Sufficiency — A new Unison gas cleanup skid protects the equipment from siloxanes and condensation.

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The Ithaca (New York) Area Wastewater Treatment Facility now generates nearly half its electricity on site, and the plant team hopes a new biogas system can eventually meet most if not all power needs.The plant (13 mgd design, 7 mgd average) has used biogas generation since it went online in 1987, says Dan Ramer, chief operator. It serves a population of 40,000 in Ithaca and two neighboring townships. In 2011, the plant team chose Johnson Controls for a performance contract to upgrade the biogas system and replace the generation system to improve efficiency and sustainability. The project went online in

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