JOHNSTON – Methane gas released by decomposing waste at the state Central Landfill is transformed into electric power by international power-plant owner, operator and developer Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC.
Now, the company is poised to double production at the on-site plant it has operated for more than a decade (READ MORE), making the facility the nation’s second-largest gas-to-electric plant.
Details are to be unveiled by state, local and company officials during a Wednesday-morning news conference at the offices of the R.I. Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC), the agency that manages the landfill.
Ridgewood’s President and CEO Randall D. Holmes and Managing Director Stephen D. Galowitz are expected to attend, along with Gov. Donald L. Carcieiri, Johnston Mayor Joseph M. Polisena, RIRRC Executive Director Michael O’Connell and House Majority Leader Gordon D. Fox (D-Providence), among others.
The Ridgewood, N.J.-based developer has invested in hydroelectric, biomass, natural gas and landfill-methane power plants in the United States, United Kingdom and Egypt. It also has been active in waste-handling and water-purification projects.
The landfill-methane project soon will be joined by a waste-to-fertilizer plant that is being constructed in the new new Lakeside Commerce Industrial Park – adjacent to the landfill in Johnston – for Boston-based Converted Organics Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN). (READ MORE)
Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC – a member of the Ridgewood Cos., along with Ridgewood Capital and Ridgewood Energy – focuses on renewable power generation and development, including biomass, hydroelectric and landfill-methane projects. To learn more, visit www.RidgewoodPower.com.
The R.I. Resource Recovery Corporation, manager of the state Central Landfill in Johnston, was created by the R.I. General Assembly in 1974 to provide environmentally sound programs and facilities for managing solid waste generated in Rhode Island. Additional information is available at www.rirrc.org.
