From a public health and environmental perspective, Kline’s Renewable Energy System Project is one of the most beneficial ways of dealing with the waste collected by Kline’s Services. Phase I is already producing positive results by not only providing an alternative fuel from waste, but also provides heat for processing efficiency at Kline’s Services and reduces emissions. Kline’s Services expects that with the implementation of Phase II, electrical power will be produced from waste that will power Kline’s operation as well as provide 400kWh to be net metered.
Other community and environmental benefits include the elimination of methane gas, a greenhouse gas that is 21 times more detrimental to the environment than carbon dioxide, and the reduction of odors.
The Renewable Energy System Project is a three-phase project aimed at producing renewable energy while reducing waste and negative environmental impacts. Kline’s Services has already completed Phase I of the project, which is the Food2Fuel initiative. This facility, completed in 2008, extracts brown grease from restaurants and food processing facilities that Kline’s services and converts the waste into a viable alternative heating fuel.
Upon completion of Phase I, Food2Fuel, Kline’s Services continued with the plan to increase efficiency and environmental sustainability by planning for the next phase in the Renewable Energy System Project. Phase II, Methane Digester Electrical Generation, will continue Kline’s Services’ mission of not only producing alternative energy, but also reducing negative impacts to the environment. The methane digester will provide more electrical power than Kline’s Services needs to operate its entire facility.
Upon completion of Phase II, Kline’s Services will look to implement the final phase of its project, which is Dry Fuel Production. This phase will convert current class B bio-solids into class A bio-solids by drying them with excess heat from the methane digester.
