US City Plans to Build the Country's First Organic Waste-to-Energy BioGas Facility
The City of
San Jose, the capital of the Silicon Valley has
announced today that in plans to move forward in building the first
organics-to-energy biogas facility in the U.S. This technology,
which has already been proven successful in Europe, is finally making
its way to San
Jose, home of the green collar worker and leading
clean technology innovators.
With this
move San
Jose will be one step closer to becoming 100% energy
independent. The biogas facility, Zanker Road Biogas, would be built on a
40-acre site, would convert up to 150,000 tons of organic waste per
year to process and would produce energy that would otherwise have been
destined for a landfill.
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San Jose's Zanker
BioGas would employ approximately 30-40 workers during
development and is expected to create and retain 50-60 direct and supporting
jobs when fully operational. With this news, San Jose furthers its Green Vision program
goals, chief among them, to divert 100%
of their waste away from landfills and convert to waste
energy, and create 25,000 clean tech jobs.
This facility when
built will not only aid in creating jobs and moving forward toward
renewable energy, but will also aid in stimulating the economy through
innovation and technology.
June 29, 2009
US City Plans to Build the Country's First Organic Waste-to-Energy BioGas Facility
The City of
San Jose, the capital of the Silicon Valley has
announced today that in plans to move forward in building the first
organics-to-energy biogas facility in the U.S. This technology,
which has already been proven successful in Europe, is finally making
its way to San
Jose, home of the green collar worker and leading
clean technology innovators.
With this
move San
Jose will be one step closer to becoming 100% energy
independent. The biogas facility, Zanker Road Biogas, would be built on a
40-acre site, would convert up to 150,000 tons of organic waste per
year to process and would produce energy that would otherwise have been
destined for a landfill.
San Jose's Zanker
BioGas would employ approximately 30-40 workers during
development and is expected to create and retain 50-60 direct and supporting
jobs when fully operational. With this news, San Jose furthers its Green Vision program
goals, chief among them, to divert 100%
of their waste away from landfills and convert to waste
energy, and create 25,000 clean tech jobs.
This facility when
built will not only aid in creating jobs and moving forward toward
renewable energy, but will also aid in stimulating the economy through
innovation and technology.