{"id":464,"date":"2013-11-29T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/pwd-opens-its-first-biogas-energy-facility\/"},"modified":"2022-12-29T10:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T15:37:32","slug":"pwd-opens-its-first-biogas-energy-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/pwd-opens-its-first-biogas-energy-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"PWD Opens Its First Biogas-to-Energy Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Co-gen Ribbon Cutting\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/static\/cogenribboncutting.png\" alt=\"Co-gen Ribbon Cutting\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, City officials joined the Philadelphia Water Department and Ameresco as Mayor Nutter cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of PWD\u2019s new biogas co-generation facility at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant. This co-generation facility is Philadelphia\u2019s first wastewater biogas-to-energy facility. It uses methane, a byproduct of sewage treatment, to generate about 5.6 megawatts of power for the Northeast Pollution Control Plant, producing approximately 85% of all electrical energy currently used by the facility. It is also expected to reduce carbon emissions by 22,000 tons. Ameresco, Inc. helps support renewable energy solutions for facilities throughout North America and has partnered with PWD on the co-gen facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project is an example of PWD\u2019s commitment to develop waste recovery programs at all of our facilities as part of our pledge to be a sustainable and cost-conscious utility,\u201d remarked Water Commissioner Howard Neukrug at the ribbon cutting.\u00a0 \u201cRecovering the hidden fuel in our wastewater treatment processes helps to diversify our energy portfolio, while improving the environment through innovative, green technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillywatersheds.org\/energy-efficiency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy efficiency page<\/a> for more information about this facility, and PWD\u2019s other sustainable energy programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday, City officials joined the Philadelphia Water Department and Ameresco as Mayor Nutter cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of PWD\u2019s new biogas co-generation facility at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_css":"","custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[51,63,72,504,109],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infrastructure","tag-infrastructure-investment","tag-northeast-philadelphia","tag-pollution","tag-wastewater","tag-water-quality","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/pwd-opens-its-first-biogas-energy-facility\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"PWD Opens Its First Biogas-to-Energy Facility","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/pwd-opens-its-first-biogas-energy-facility\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/pwd-opens-its-first-biogas-energy-facility\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Infrastructure","author":[],"creator":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["infrastructure investment","northeast philadelphia","pollution","wastewater","water quality"],"dateCreated":"2013-11-29T21:14:00Z","datePublished":"2013-11-29T21:14:00Z","dateModified":"2022-12-29T15:37:32Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"PWD Opens Its First Biogas-to-Energy Facility\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/pwd-opens-its-first-biogas-energy-facility\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/pwd-opens-its-first-biogas-energy-facility\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Infrastructure\",\"author\":[],\"creator\":[],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"@PhillyH2O Blog\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"infrastructure investment\",\"northeast philadelphia\",\"pollution\",\"wastewater\",\"water quality\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2013-11-29T21:14:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-29T21:14:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-29T15:37:32Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/phila.gov\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}