If there’s a technique for saving or making power at a wastewater treatment plant, chances are good that it has been adopted or at least tried in Essex Junction.
That’s one reason the city’s wastewater treatment facility received a 2021 Energy Leadership Award from Efficiency Vermont, an organization that helps state residents and businesses save energy.The treatment plant has a 150 kW solar array on site, harvests methane from its anaerobic digesters, and burns it in a 150 kW electric generator (2G). Solar energy and cogeneration fulfill about 58% of the facility’s power demand. Numerous smaller projects include:Geothermal well at the
