Ameresco, Inc., an energy efficiency and renewable energy company headquartered in Framingham, said on the 22th of December that it received its Final Acceptance Certificate from the United States Department of Energy Savannah River Operations Office for the completion of construction of the Savannah River Site Biomass Cogeneration Facility installed under the $795 million energy savings performance contract awarded to Ameresco in May 2009.
Following a series of performance tests on the newly-operational plant, the 20-megawatt, 34-acre, renewable energy facility is on-schedule to provide the necessary process steam to the site as well as provide approximately 30 percent of power for the site once fully operational in 2012. During the past six weeks, the plant has produced over 3 million kilowatt hours of energy that was used by the site during the series of performance tests.
The biomass cogeneration facility is expected to generate $944 million of energy, water, operations and maintenance savings during Ameresco’s 19 year plant performance agreement while generating up to half of the necessary energy to power the 300 square mile facility.
The facilities will convert 325,000 tons of fuel per year, including local forest residue and wood chips, into 20 megawatts of clean power. The plant is expected to yield at least $34 million in utility cost-savings during its first year of operations.
The biomass cogeneration facility is expected to generate $944 million of energy, water, operations and maintenance savings during Ameresco’s 19 year plant performance agreement while generating up to half of the necessary energy to power the 300 square mile facility.
The facilities will convert 325,000 tons of fuel per year, including local forest residue and wood chips, into 20 megawatts of clean power. The plant is expected to yield at least $34 million in utility cost-savings during its first year of operations.
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