Dive Brief:
- Green Earth Energy is installing a new RCBC process at its Milan, TN waste-to-energy facility.
- The fourth-generation, family-owned Green Earth Energy in 2012 added recycling to its waste collection services.
- By using an RCBC (rotary cascading bed combustor/boiler) waste-to-energy system, Green Earth says it will be using between 85 to 100 tons of fuel daily, in order to create electricity. Household and manufacturing waste will fuel the plant.
Dive Insight:
Green Earth Energy’s belief in RCBC technology is evident in its announcement of its plans for the Milan facility. RCBC generates process steam to create electricity. RCBC Global Inc. calls the process an efficient and economical alternative to putting wastes in landfills.
