it all started with the previous mayor
Renewable energy program gains steam in Ridgewood
Monday October 28, 2013, 1:30 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
So ground-breaking is the renewable energy plant at Ridgewood’s water treatment facility that the success of the environmental endeavor is creating a global buzz.
Municipal officials and other dignitaries recently commemorated the project’s completion and ongoing energy production with a celebration that included a tour of the inner workings at the state-of-the-art operation center.
In the limelight are the village’s biogas system and its generator, which optimizes the water treatment process and converts gas produced by waste into useable electricity. That electricity is then utilized to power the entire complex, which is the village’s greatest energy consumer. The particular practice was described by officials as an innovative process, one that is only beginning to gain steam in the country, let alone in the world.
The new biogas-fueled power generator is one of the crown jewels of Ridgewood Green, a public-private partnership that formed in December 2011 and merged the ideas of village officials with the capital and resources of Natural Systems Utilities (NSU), Middlesex Water Company (MWC) and American Refining and Biochemical. Ridgewood Green also installed solar energy panels at the facility, as well as at Village Hall, Ridgewood Fire Department headquarters and the EMS building.
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yea the place still stinks, not good for any one.