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Carbon Harvest Energy

By Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders PLLC

Carbon Harvest Energy's proposal to turn old landfills into no-waste energy producers has been in the news lately, with stories both in the Burlington Free Press and on Vermont Public Radio. Carbon Harvest Energy will be taking a defunct landfill-based methane facility in Brattleboro and turning it into an active, zero-waste, energy-producing facility. According to the Free Press article, the electricity, heat and carbon dioxide produced by the methane-fueled generator will all be utilized. The former landfill will be able to sell the electricity, heat a greenhouse and a fish tank, and use the carbon dioxide as a contribution to an algae farm. The Vermont Food Bank will be the main recipient of the food and fish raised in the facility, and the University of Vermont?s Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources is partnering with Carbon Harvest to study the algae produced.

Full post as published by Renewable Energy Law Blog on November 10, 2009 (boomark / email).