Waste Management To Build 55-MW Waste-to-Energy Plant in Maryland
February 4, 2009
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New Hampshire, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] The Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority (NMWDA), in conjunction with the Frederick County Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management and Carroll Country Department of Public Works, has selected Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., as the preferred vendor to construct and operate a new, regional waste-to-energy facility that will serve the solid waste disposal and energy needs of Frederick and Carroll Counties.
"We believe Wheelabrator will help the counties move toward a more fully integrated waste disposal system that also includes the roll-out of a single-stream recycling program with an ambitious recycling goal of 60 percent."
-- Robin Davidov, Executive Director, Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
The facility, which will be the first new greenfield waste-to-energy plant to be constructed in the U.S. in more than a decade, will be located in Frederick County Maryland. The plant will be capable of processing up to 1,500 tons per day of municipal solid waste with an electric generating capacity of 55 megawatts.
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This is the kind of thing we need in a stimulus bill - how about two or three or more in every state!?
Imagine - stimulus that would actually provide a return on the investment!