From the reduction or elimination of the need for landfills to the production of renewable forms of energy from waste, the Thermoselect process offers substantial environmental and economic benefits.
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
- 100% of the MSW is processed into
– synthesis gas used to manufacture ethanol
– Five recycled products which are sold - No ash is produced; No ash landfill is required
- Air emission are negligible; No dioxins or benzofurans are produced
- There are no process water discharges
- The project will convert synthesis gas into ethanol required by the US EPA Clean Air Act to be blended with gasoline (10%)
- Produce 385,000 California LCFS credits (pathway to be submitted) – CI value of minus 3 compared to California 2020 target of 88
- Left-over microbes produced in the ethanol production process will be converted into biogas and used in the Thermoselect process – This will enhance the Carbon Intensity value by submitting biogas for about a third of the natural gas required by the process
- Produces 48 million cellulosic RINs required by refiners & blenders as defined by the US EPA Clean Air Act and EPA regulations
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
- Private development of $750 million dollar project
- Will invest hundreds of millions of dollars locally during construction
- Will create 2 million man hours of shop fabrication and construction work over a two year construction period
- Will invest millions of dollars locally during the 30 year operation and maintenance period
- Will create 130 permanent and well paying operation & maintenance jobs for at least 30 years
- Will provide clean & reliable waste disposal capacity for at least 30 year