Massachusetts Company Sees Energy in C&D Debris

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s Solid Waste and Air departments have issued conditional use permits to Ze-gen Inc., Boston, for the construction of a waste gasification demonstration facility that will operate for one year.

The demonstration facility is designed to process 500 tons of construction and demolition debris per month, producing synthetic natural gas of high enough quality to generate significant qualities of renewable energy, according to a news release from the company.

Ze-gen first applied for permitting in March 2006. Construction of the facility is to begin immediately, and Ze-gen anticipates the facility will be operational and generating test data by late spring 2007.

Ze-gen was formed in mid-2004 to develop gasification systems that convert municipal solid waste (MSW) and C&D debris into clean energy. More information is available at www.ze-gen.com.