The CEC awarded a contract to Clean World Partners in 2010 to complete predevelopment studies, research, and activities necessary to site and build an anaerobic digestion system producing biomethane as a transportation fuel from food and green wastes. This system, ""Sacramento Biorefinery #1,"" opened December 7, 2015, at the Sacramento South Area Transfer Station at 8550 Fruitridge Road in Sacramento, California. This project meets the principal goals of the CEC by stimulating local economic development and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, petroleum demand, and the environmental impacts associated with disposal of organic wastes in area landfills. The biorefinery also directly supports the legislative and regulatory objectives of the California Department of Recycling and Recovery, the California Public Utilities Commission, and the California Air Resources Board.
For this predevelopment project, tasks included site assessment, technical and economic feasibility studies, feedstock performance and materials assessments, feedstock and waste management plans, and engineering design and ancillary equipment review.
The project supported Clean World Partners in identifying and confirming the technological approach; evaluating equipment and vendors; proving financial feasibility; analyzing feedstock digestibility; satisfying federal, state, and local permitting requirements; and developing construction plans.
Also as a direct result of this report, Clean World Partners designed, permitted, fabricated, and constructed an eight-tons-per-day facility located at American River Packaging in March 2012. The project began on March 11, 2011, and was completed by September 1, 2012. The project leveraged more than $1.8 million in private investment and supported about 30 jobs in research, design, fabrication, and construction during the project period.
