Quasar Energy Turns Waste to Energy in Muskingum County
September 13, 2010 - Quasar Energy Group is on schedule to begin energy production this month at its newly constructed anaerobic digester in southern Muskingum County.
Quasar will take biosolids from municipal sewage treatment plants, industrial food waste and agricultural waste and use advanced anaerobic digestion technology to recycle energy from the organic waste. Anaerobic digestion is a natural process where microorganisms break down organic waste materials (biomass) in the absence of oxygen. Biogas (methane) is created through the process for conversion to energy. The technology has been commonly used on farms in Europe, with over 8,000 systems in operation today.
The 825,000-gallon anaerobic digester being completed on the site of a former cement plant will be the fourth one built in Ohio by Quasar. The Zanesville project achieved significant recognition in 2008 when it was awarded the nation’s largest grant and guaranteed loan by the United States Department of Agriculture - Renewable Energy for America Program. The anaerobic digestion process of creating energy is carbon neutral, and the waste fluid from the process is an organic fertilizer.
Formerly called Schmack BioEnergy, Quasar Energy is a Cleveland-based waste-to-energy company with a state-of-the art laboratory and flagship system on The Ohio State University’s OARDC campus. Quasar designs, builds, owns and operates anaerobic digestion facilities using US components to produce clean renewable energy. For more information on Quasar, go to www.quasarenergygroup.com.
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