Garbage powering Disney World

[zero creativity]

Found an article a couple weeks ago about a company using food waste to create power.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/16/will-food-waste-power-your-home.html

The article says that the Orlando area throws out 24 lbs of food every second. The company is setting up a facility near Bay Lake.

Just wanted to share.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Deary me how bad has free dining made the food?

 

[danlb_2000]

Found an article a couple weeks ago about a company using food waste to create power.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/16/will-food-waste-power-your-home.html

The article says that the Orlando area throws out 24 lbs of food every second. The company is setting up a facility near Bay Lake.

Just wanted to share.

They already run a facility on Disney property, it's just north of Animal Kingdom.

 

[38053WDW]

I always thought of this at city dumps .. re-route gas lines to grab this energy back into the city they support...

 

[mgpan]

I always thought of this at city dumps .. re-route gas lines to grab this energy back into the city they support...

Interesting, some similar plants run an energy positive operation and others an energy sink. Wonder if this one is considered "profitable" or used to help in part meet sustainability or recycling goals (75% in FL). At any rate, better than disposal (landfill) of organic waste, and my only real "like" of current technology being pushed in the waste to energy market. I'm a science nerd, so I'd actually prefer at tour of this to a frozen sing along. Perhaps they could move the operation into Ellen's Energy Adventure. It would at least somewhat update that dinosaur of an attraction (sorry couldn't resist).

 

[TubaGeek]

 

[Thrill]

This is interesting.

I don't know if I can trust my cursory searches, but there are reports saying that waste-powered energy results in a net reduction in greenhouse gases (methane is produced in a controlled environment, then burned off for power, rather than the methane being released in a landfill and being an order of magnitude worse than carbon dioxide).

I thought nuclear/wind/solar were the way forward. I'm not sure how much power waste can produce, but this is certainly better than throwing stuff in a hole in the ground.

 

[Matt_Black]

The only limitless form of energy is BRAIN power!