DOE funds 2 community-drive waste-to-energy projects
May 22, 2023
BY Erin Krueger
The U.S. Department of Energy on May 19 awarded a combined $3 million to two waste-to-energy projects, including one that focuses on the potential to convert biosolids into renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The awards are being made under a $34.5 million funding opportunity announced in March 2022 that focuses on waste feedstock and conversion research and development (R&D). The DOE in August 2022 announced an initial group of 22 awards under the funding opportunity.
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The two awards announced on May 19 were made under topic area four of the funding opportunity, which focuses on community scale resources and energy recovery from organic wastes.
Virginia-based National Rural Electric Coop Association Research has been awarded $1.5 million for a project titled “Rural Energy RecOvery from Organic Waste (REROW).” The project aims to create a series of tools and assessment software for its 900 rural co-op members to implement waste-to-energy technologies and demonstrate a regional pilot.
California-based Upper Salinas – Las Tablas Resource Conservation District will receive $1.5 million for a project titled “Nutrient and Energy Recovery from Regional Wet Wastes.” The project will explore the concept of a centralized biosolids conversion facility to produce renewable diesel and SAF.
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