Allan Gerlat, News Editor

October 16, 2013

1 Min Read
Food Waste-to-Energy Facility Opens in Oregon

A private-public partnership has established what it calls the Pacific Northwest’s first commercial food waste-to-electricity plant, in Junction City, Ore.

The $16 million biogas project, known as JC-Biomethane, is supported by the Salem-based Oregon Department of Energy, which provided technical assistance and $1.7 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, and the Portland-based Energy Trust of Oregon, which provided $2 million in cash incentives, according to a news release.

The facility will convert commercial food waste and other biomass products into renewable electrical and thermal energy, generate liquid and fiber nutrients, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The facility was designed and will be managed by Eugene, Ore.-based Essential Consulting of Oregon LLC.

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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