JBC biogas plant: a sustainable solution for organic waste and energy

How ECO is turning waste into energy and fertilizer
ECO is a company that converts organic waste into biogas, electricity, heat, and fertilizer. They partnered with ENTEC Biogas and 2G Energy to build a biogas plant near Junction City, OR. The plant can process various types of waste and produce enough electricity for 1500 homes.

Facts & figures

Application:
Biogas and biomethane plants
Country:
United States
CHP:
avus 1500c
Output el/th (kW):
1550 kWel / 1800 kWth
Operator:
Bio Junction City

Essential Consulting Oregon (ECO) is a company based in Eugene, OR that specializes in anaerobic digestion of organic waste, biogas production, and related services. They were the project managers and joint venture partners for the JBC biogas plant facility located on the east side of Hwy 99, south of Junction City, OR, near the Lane Forest Products site.

 

The facility is designed to take in food processing waste, grease trap waste, grass straw, and render heat, biomethane, and liquid/fiber fertilizer. The biogas produced will be used on-site to generate electricity that can power at least 1500 homes (1.55 MW). The site was chosen for its proximity to feedstock supply and customers for the fertilizer produced by the process. The electricity will be sold to the regional grid, and the heat can be used on-site or for a future co-located compatible facility. The anaerobic digester was built by ENTEC Biogas GmbH, an Austrian firm with 20 years of experience and 40 full-scale project's operational.

 

The 2G Cogeneration System is a 2G Avus 1550 with a fully integrated MWM engine rated 1,550 ekW/h or 12,865 MW p.a. Electrical Power and 1,801 kWh/th of Thermal Power. The module consists of a 50' sound-attenuated CHP container. 2G Energy Inc. also supplied the complete gas treatment, including dehumidification with reheating and the H2S removal system. In addition to energy, the digester will be processing manure fiber and rye grass straw.