US-based Greenbelt Resources Corporation (Greenbelt), an innovator of sustainable energy production systems, has announced the Paso Robles ECOsystem, known as PRECO, a waste-to-energy interconnected system designed to produce 0.5 million (US) gallons (≈ 1.9 million litres) of ethanol from a variety of feedstocks in the Paso Robles area in California. PRECO utilizes such feedstocks as waste trub from the nearby Firestone Brewery and winery wastes from the over 310 wineries in the local area.
PRECO is the solution to a challenge inherent in current local-scale technologies-their size. Unlike many traditional industrial-scale production technologies currently in operation, PRECO is designed and optimized for small to medium sized operations such as agricultural and beverage processors. Our ecosystem concept enables the cost-effective transformation of wastes into value-added bioproducts including potable water, said Darren Eng, CEO of Greenbelt Resources.
PRECO will be the first independently owned, local-scale bioethanol solution in California and is tailored to utilize the local Paso Robles supply of agricultural and beverage residues. The ecosystem can also be custom-designed to transform the feedstocks of any local area into bioethanol and bioproducts.
The resulting bioethanol will be sold into California’s transportation market under the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), leading to higher revenues. For Greenbelt, California represents potential project revenue of nearly US$1 billion.
