Develop and Implement a Waste-to-Energy Scheme by alexandrebreda

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Proposal: Develop and Implement a Waste-to-Energy Scheme

Thank you for participating in the 2015 Climate CoLab Atypical Ideas for Carbon Neutrality contest, and for the time you spent in creating and revising your entry.

The Judges have strongly considered your proposal in this second round of evaluation, and have chosen to not advance it as a Finalist for this contest.

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While the idea behind the proposal was good, the practice is not new. In order to demonstrate more innovation or relevance to the contest goals, we would have wanted to see more specific detail on the technology's application to Somerville.

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SUBJECT: Your proposal has been selected as a Semi-Finalist!

Congratulations! Your proposal, "Develop and Implement a Waste-to-Energy Scheme" in the Atypical Ideas for Carbon Neutrality contest, has been selected to advance to the Semi-Finalists round.

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Distributed renewable energy is an important part of how cities should think of their energy systems in the future.

It would be interesting to pursue this idea further by suggesting a pathway toward assessing the resources and providing some calculations for the biogas that could be generated by a medium-sized grocery store, for example. The MA DOER and MassCEC websites are full of information about study grants for "Organics to Energy" and food waste calculations - found here: www.recyclingworksma.com/food-waste-estimation-guide/#Jump07. Because Somerville is so dense, your proposal should address the amount of space needed for processing foods and biodigestion itself. Would there be economies of scale if the grocery store, restaurant, etc all contributed to the biodigestion system? What examples can you find on similar systems either in the United States or abroad? While the basic idea is tantalizing, the details need to be fleshed out to understand the true potential for Somerville.

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