Feb. 4
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. has been tapped to build the first new
U.S. waste-to-energy facility in more than a decade.
The Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, the Frederick County
Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management and the Carroll County
Department of Public Works selected the Waste Management Inc. subsidiary to
build and operate the plant in Frederick County. It will be the first new
greenfield waste-to-energy facility built in the United States in more than
a decade.
The 55-megawatt plant will have the capacity to dispose of 1,500 tons of
waste per day and generate enough electricity for some 60,000 homes. It will
employ about 50 full-time employees. Wheelabrator expects to complete the
facility in 2014.
The NMWDA will own the facility, which will serve Frederick and Carroll
counties under a long-term service agreement.
Contact Waste & Recycling News reporter Joe Truini at 330-865-6166 or
jtruini@crain.com
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