Indiana’s Lake County selects Powers Energy One for waste-to-energy system

In Indiana, Lake County Solid Waste Management District selected Powers Energy One by a vote of 16-5 to construct a gasification-based waste-to-energy system that would convert municipal waste into bioenergy. The plan, which will need fianl approval after public hearings, was selected over a competing approach from Agresti Biofuels, with county officials saying that Powers Energy One did the best job of meeting the overall contractual, technology and financial hurdles.

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