Dive Brief:

• PHG Energy (PHGE) and Lebanon, TN, entered into an agreement to use waste to create power through a new waste-to-energy (WTE) facility.
• The partnership includes the construction of a gasification plant that is expected to transform as many as 64 tons of wood, tires, and sewer sludge daily into fuel capable of producing 300Kw of electricity.
• The WTE facility is expected to divert 8,000 tons of waste annually. 

Dive Insight:

This project is PHGE’s 14th installation plant. The company’s first municipal facility went operational in 2013 in Covington, TN. In January, PHGE acquired MaxWest’s gasification facility and intellectual property.