Yesterday, we submitted our Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Attleboro Clean Energy Project to MEPA, the office within Executive Office of Energy and Environment that is charged with conducting reviews of the environmental impacts of development projects and other activities that require one or more State Agency Actions (e.g. the granting of permits) and that exceed MEPA review thresholds, per MEPA regulations. Ze-gen’s Attleboro Clean Energy Project did not meet any MEPA thresholds for submissions, however, because the Project is first of its kind on a commercial scale in the State we filed our expanded Environmental Notification Form (ENF) in order to bring greater transparency to the permitting process for the first commercial application of our technology. In response to public comments on our ENF, and the findings of MEPA, we prepared an EIR that discusses in greater detail the impacts associated with the Project. Notification of the filing of the EIR will be printed in the upcoming Environmental Monitor.
An article in the morning’s Sun Chronicle announces our filing and we are excited to be taking this next step in the development of this green energy Project. The proposed Project will involve the construction and operation of Ze-gen’s advanced liquid metal gasification facility, which will convert specific feedstock streams into clean energy and generate about 7MW of electricity and thermal energy for use by the commercial tenants in the Attleboro Corporate Campus.
Ze-gen’s liquid metal gasification technology produces tar-free syngas that serves as a viable form of alternative non-fossil fuel energy for surrounding industrial facilities. The syngas will be directed to and combusted in a boiler to generate steam, hot water, and subsequently electricity. These products will be sold to businesses within the campus. The feedstock for Ze-gen’s process is post-recycled, processed materials. Feedstock will be delivered to the Project site ready-to-use, with the only feedstock material handling at the Attleboro facility being the unloading of the material and its conveyance to the gasification system. Waste wood, including railroad crossties and creosote-treated poles, as well as non-recyclable source-separated plastics, carpet fibers, and residuals from industrial glycol processing will serve as Ze-gen’s feedstock materials. Much of the proposed feedstock material has undergone rigorous testing at Ze-gen’s demonstration facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The deployment of Ze-gen’s technology in the City of Attleboro offers the Attleboro community, and the Commonwealth as a whole, the opportunity to become a leader in applying advanced gasification solutions to waste resolution and clean energy generation. The proposed Attleboro Clean Energy Project will bring permanent economic and environmental benefits to both the local community and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Public comments on the EIR can be submitted to the Secretary until October 8th. We are excited about moving forward with the commercial application of our technology and joining the Attleboro community. Any questions regarding the Project can be submitted at www.attleboroproject.com.



