Allan Gerlat, News Editor

July 20, 2012

1 Min Read
PHG Energy to Build Waste-to-Energy Facility in Tennessee

PHG Energy will build a waste-to-energy facility in Covington, Tenn., from waste supplied by the city.

The LaVergne, Tenn.-based alternative energy company said in a news release it will convert about 12 tons of waste, primarily woody biomass, into energy.

The facility will be built on city property adjacent to the city’s wastewater treatment plant. Biosolids from the plant also might be used as a fuel for PHG’s gasification waste-to-energy system.

The project cost is $2.25 million. The facility will use PHG's downdraft biomass gasification equipment and technology.

The city said it will divert 360 tons of waste from landfills monthly.

 

 

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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