current Symbios technologies projects
Working with major municipalities, food processing companies, financing partners, and industry partners, Symbios Technologies is developing a number of Clean Energy Park projects in the Western U.S. utilizing its “industrial symbiosis” approach. Industrial symbiosis is a new paradigm in industrial production and waste management. In the old paradigm, fossil fuel resources are used by the animal and food production industries in a linear or “cradle to grave” model that produces large amounts of waste and greenhouse gases (GHG):
In the new industrial symbiosis paradigm, waste products are recycled for energy and fertilizer production in a resource recovery or “cradle to cradle” model, resulting in less waste, reduced use of fossil fuels, cleaner surface and ground water, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions:
Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative
By Brian Larson / Jeff Nuttall (2009-10-08)
GREELEY, CO (KUNC)
Greeley Clean Energy Park
The City of Greeley is dedicated to creating the nation’s first fully integrated, waste to energy facility utilizing biogas production and solar power generation, while also considering the future possibility of adding research and demonstration capabilities for cellulosic and algae bio-fuels refining, to produce clean electric power and fuels for industrial processes. The intended long-term result is a self-contained, zero-waste, greenhouse-gas-reducing, 100% Greeley Clean Energy Park (GCEP). The GCEP will spur additional economic growth by becoming the premier research and demonstration facility for integrated, clean energy parks around the world and a test bed for next-generation agriculture-based clean technology development.
Symbios Technologies was chosen as the contractor to complete the feasibility study and write the report through the City of Greeley’s RFP process. Symbios has completed the report and it is available upon request. Please email us from the Contact Us page if you would like to receive the report.
