Fayetteville PWC and Bloom Energy to Transform Waste into Clean Community Electricity
05 Maio 2022 - 5:05PM
Business Wire
One of the first projects of its kind to use
multiple waste gas sources to generate 24x7 renewable energy for
the community while simultaneously reducing emissions
The Fayetteville Public Works Commission (PWC) and Bloom Energy
(NYSE: BE), a leading distributed energy company, today announced
plans to install and operate 1.5 megawatts of solid oxide fuel
cells. Creating renewable energy from multiple biogas streams in
the region, the new project will reduce emissions and advance the
Fayetteville community’s efforts to meet North Carolina’s clean
energy standards.
Bloom Energy’s fuel cells combine ambient air with fuel, such as
biogas, to create electricity without combustion. Generating power
from multiple biogas streams, the fuel cell installation – to be
located adjacent to PWC’s P.O. Hoffer Water Treatment Facility –
will be one of the first of its kind to blend multiple waste gas
sources to produce clean, carbon-neutral electricity. The project
will use biogas captured from PWC’s Cross Creak Water Reclamation
facility, an adjacent landfill, and methane gases captured from
local and neighboring swine farms.
As nations and cities continue to grow and urbanize, waste
generation is expected to increase by 70 percent by 2050.
Currently, waste gas generated from the wastewater treatment
process and landfills is flared, a commonly used and controlled
method for releasing the gas into the atmosphere, which contributes
to air pollution. By reducing biogas flaring at the wastewater and
landfill facilities, local emissions are averted, helping to
improve air quality. The project will also use methane -- a potent
greenhouse gas that accounts for 50 to 70 percent of biogas – from
swine farms that would otherwise be released into the
atmosphere.
By utilizing multiple biogas streams, the waste-to-electricity
project will provide reliable, always-on, and carbon-neutral
electricity to meet the power demands equivalent to more than 1,000
homes. Bloom Energy’s fuel cells will complement PWC’s existing
renewable energy sources, helping meet PWC’s North Carolina
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard
requirements.
“PWC is excited to collaborate with Bloom Energy to bring a
first-of-its kind clean energy project to our community to serve
our customers,” said Elaina Ball, CEO and general manager, PWC.
“This project is an anchor for the broader plan to remediate and
establish a Cleanfields Renewable Energy Demonstration Park in the
community.”
“Producing resilient and renewable energy from waste sources is
a critical component of decarbonized and sustainable circular
economy,” said Chuck Moesta, vice president, gas management, Bloom
Energy. “Our waste-to-energy solutions are garnering increasing
interest from communities and municipalities. We look forward to
bringing this innovative project alive with Fayetteville's
municipal utility, setting an important example for other
communities around the U.S. wishing to transition to clean,
carbon-neutral energy.”
“This is an innovative project that addresses both our
challenging renewable energy mandates and one of the state’s
largest industrial polluted sites,” said Ball. “We are excited that
the project not only brings creative solutions but numerous other
benefits including producing renewable energy, cutting power costs
and productive use of local waste gases.”
The project will also complement the cleanup of industrial
pollution that has threatened the Fayetteville community for more
than two decades. Located adjacent to PWC’s P.O. Hoffer Water
Treatment Facility, the fuel cell installation will also border the
former Texfi industrial site, which is considered one of North
Carolina’s most polluted sites due to residual industrial pollution
and contaminated groundwater that poses a threat to the community’s
drinking water and the Cape Fear River Basin.
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strategy, priorities, plans or intentions. These forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, Bloom’s expectations
regarding the collaboration with PWC for the waste-to-electricity
project, including plans to install solid oxide fuel cells; biogas
and methane gas capture; emissions reductions and air quality
improvements; ability of the project to meet power demands; and
progress towards any clean energy standards. More information on
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About Fayetteville PWC
Fayetteville PWC is the largest Public Power provider in North
Carolina and the 37th largest in the United States. Serving more
than 85,000 electric customers. PWC has been recognized by the
American Public Power Association as winners of the E.F.
Scattergood System Achievement Award for sustained achievement and
customer service, three-time recipients of the APPA Energy
Innovator Award and six-time recipients of the RP3 (Reliable Public
Power Provider) Diamond Designation for outstanding electric system
reliability. Learn more about PWC at www.faypwc.com.
About Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy empowers businesses and communities to responsibly
take charge of their energy. The company’s leading solid oxide
platform for distributed generation of electricity and hydrogen is
changing the future of energy. Fortune 100 companies around the
world turn to Bloom Energy as a trusted partner to deliver lower
carbon energy today and a net-zero future. For more information,
visit www.bloomenergy.com.
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