A new cogeneration system will always have some kinks to iron out. That’s true even for a utility with decades of experience at producing heat and power from biogas.
Since those kinks were worked out, though, it has been full steam ahead for the staff at the Willow Lake Wastewater Pollution Control Facility in Salem, Oregon.The facility’s third generation of a combined heat and power system went online in 2021.“We did have a lot of challenges initially,” says Jue Zhao, Ph.D., assistant director of public works. “We went through a challenging period, but now we’re at full capacity all the time.
