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Aries Clean Energy holds a “wall-breaker” for NJ biosolids gasification plant

In the United States (US), biomass gasification technology providers Aries Clean Energy LLC was recently joined by local officials and dignitaries to break a wall to make way for New Jersey’s first biosolids-only gasification facility. The Aries Linden Biosolids Gasification Facility will bring environmental and sustainable benefits to the area by processing 430 tons of biosolids daily into clean renewable energy and biochar.

On October 15, 2019, Aries Clean Energy held a ground-breaking ceremony marking demolition and construction start for the Aries Linden Biosolids Gasification Facility that will be located within the Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority (LRSA) complex in New Jersey (NJ) close to New York City (photo courtesy Aries Clean Energy).
On October 15, 2019, Aries Clean Energy held a wall-breaking ceremony marking demolition and construction start for the Aries Linden Biosolids Gasification Facility that will be located within the Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority (LRSA) complex in New Jersey (NJ) close to New York City (photo courtesy Aries Clean Energy).

In lieu of the traditional shovels, the crowd picked up sledgehammers and began the demolition at the building that will house the plant. More than 100 gathered to usher in the facility that will be located within the Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority (LRSA) complex, 20 miles from Manhattan, New York City. Sixty new construction jobs will be seen during the construction phase of this project and 16 long-term, skilled jobs will be created to operate the plant.

This day culminates in the years of research and hard work from the Aries Team. It signals further validation of our patented gasification technology. This Aries system eliminates the need for environmentally harmful landfilling or incineration of biosolids while producing beneficial renewable energy and biochar. We believe this truly is a beneficial and disruptive technology that will revolutionize the wastewater treatment industry and establish itself as the best available control technology for biosolids disposal and serve as a model for others, said Gregory Bafalis, CEO of Aries Clean Energy.

Deploy proprietary gasification technology

Aries will deploy its patented fluidized bed gasification system that was designed specifically for processing biosolids. The system will reduce the volume of biosolids from 430 tons per day to 22 tons of beneficial biochar. The biochar will be beneficially used as a substitute for fly ash in concrete.

The renewable energy that is generated from the system is then recovered and used within the system, so no fossil fuels are used during normal operations. It will also reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) due to the reduction in trucking miles associated with conventional disposal methods as well as the elimination of methane generated from land application of biosolids.

I welcome the technology that exists today that we can take biosolids and convert them into a clean and renewable energy source. I welcome the new relationship between private companies like Aries Clean Energy and the Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority. What a great day it is to make history for Linden and for New Jersey as we are taking a step together toward a healthier New Jersey, a healthier Earth, said Derek Armstead, Mayor of Linden, NJ.

Other dignitaries in attendance included State Senator Joseph P. Cryan (20th District), who also serves as Middlesex County Utilities Authority Executive Director; Freeholder Angela Garretson of Hillside, New Jersey; and State Senator Dawn Addiego (8th District).

This marks the beginning of a collaboration that will set new standards of clean and green efforts in the wastewater industry. I want to ensure everyone that we are confident that this collaboration between the City, Authority, and Aries will meet expectations for the long term, be more cost-effective, and a beneficial reuse solution for sludge treatment and disposal. The opening of this gasification plant here will provide additional revenue, reductions in operation and maintenance costs, and give our ratepayers and economic benefit that will allow the Authority and the City to stabilize our budgets, said David Brown, Executive Director of LRSA.

LRSA, created in 1948, services the City of Linden and the Borough of Roselle. It was established to contract and operate wastewater treatment and interceptor facilities to collect, treat, and dispose of sewage generated by the municipalities.

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