Allan Gerlat, News Editor

September 10, 2013

1 Min Read
Waste-to-Energy Firm Building Unit in Oregon

JC-Biomethane LLC is building a waste-to-energy facility in Junction City, Ore.

The $4 million Green Lane Energy biogas facility should be completed by the end of October.

The Junction City-based company will compost organic waste such as food scraps and farm waste to generate methane gas to produce electricity, according to the Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore. Inquiries to the company were not immediately returned.

The waste will be processed by a 1.2 million gallon anaerobic digester. The facility’s turbine will create 1.95 megawatts of power per hour, the company said, enough for about 1,500 homes. The energy will be sold to Portland Gas & Electric through the Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative.

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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