Wheelabrator Hudson Falls Waste To Energy Plant is a 14MW biopower project. It is located in New York, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1991.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Biopower | 14 | 14 | – | Active | New York, the US | Wheelabrator Technologies |
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Wheelabrator Technologies.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 15,000 households, offsetting 54,600t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
The process of combustion has been adopted in this project to release the stored energy from the feed. Industrial waste and municipal solid waste are used as a feedstock to power the project.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in 1991.
Contractors Involved
Elliott Energy Systems was selected as the steam turbine supplier for the project. The company provided 1 turbine with 20MW nameplate capacity.
Detroit Stoker supplied steam boiler for the project. The boiler installed at the site has a capacity of 63.5TPH. The temperature witnessed inside the boiler is around 750Degree Fahrenheit. The steam is pressurized inside the boiler at 650psig.
About Wheelabrator Technologies
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc (Wheelabrator), a subsidiary of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners Inc., is a waste management company that offers clean energy services. It supplies renewable electric power through conversion of waste fuels. Its services comprise municipal solid waste disposal service, commercial and industrial waste disposal service, special waste disposal service, roll-off services, metals recovery and recycling, and ash management. Wheelabrator offers recycling of plastic, paper and metals from the waste stream. It operates waste-to-energy facilities, transfer stations, ash monofills, landfills, and fleets of rail cars and collection vehicles. Wheelabrator is headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the US.
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