Greentech Lead America: GE has formed partnership with Greenwich, a Conn.,-based Green Waste Energy (GWE), for GE to supply an undetermined number of ecomagination qualified Jenbacher gas engines to power a series of Advanced Recycling and Energy Conversion (AREC) plants that GWE’s development subsidiary, Green Waste Energy Development (GWED), plans to build around the world.
Under terms of the agreement, GE will provide GWED with Jenbacher J620 gas engines, which will use the syngas produced at GWED’s waste-gasification facilities to generate renewable electricity. Each installed gas engine will generate nearly 2 megawatts (MW) of reliable on-site power. GE also will provide technical support for GWED’s installed engine fleet.
GWED uses C6 Technologies’ proprietary and patent-pending, non-burn waste-advanced pyrolysis technology in its AREC projects. The C6 technology can transform a wide range of wastes into “syngas,” which then can be used in gas engines to generate cleaner electricity or produce “greener” transportation fuels including diesel and jet fuel. C6T licenses its technology to developers worldwide.
The waste energy development company has committed to use GE’s Jenbacher gas engines worldwide, including for pending projects in the United States, the United Kingdom, Africa and Asia. The frame agreement will remain in place until December 2013 and can be renewed if both parties agree.
GWED has signed an agreement in partnership with J.M. Clarke and Sons to build a waste-to-energy power facility at Pebble Hall in Theddingworth, U.K. The facility will use up to six Jenbacher J620 gas engines and provide approximately 8-MW per hour to the electrical grid. Additional projects are nearing agreement.
A medium-size AREC plant is able to convert 1,000 tons of municipal solid waste into approximately 600 megawatt hours of cleaner electricity a day, which is enough to power approximately 24,000 U.S. homes, company officials said.
GE’s gas engines are known for their fuel flexibility, low emissions and high efficiency and availability. Demonstrating impressive fuel-flexibility, GE’s engines can operate not only on natural gas, but also on a broad range of alternative gases including digester biogas, landfill gas, coal mine gas and sewage gases.
GE’s Jenbacher gas engines are part of GE’s ecomagination portfolio. Ecomagination is GE’s commitment to provide innovative solutions that maximize resources, drive efficiencies and make the world work better.