Unison Solutions Wins EPA 2011 Project of the Year
Send Via E-MailDUBUQUE, IA - January 20, 2012 - WastewaterPR.com - Unison Solutions, Inc., of Dubuque, Iowa, announced that it is part of a team that received a 2011 Project of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the Dane County Wisconsin‐Rodefeld LandfillBioCNG Vehicle Fuel Project as part of the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP). The award was presented during the 15th Annual LMOP Partner and Project of the Year Awards Ceremony on January 18, 2012, in Baltimore, MD. The project partners include the Dane County Solid Waste Department, Cornerstone EnvironmentalGroup, ANGI Energy Systems, Unison Solutions, Inc. and Madison Area Technical College.
Unison Solutions, Inc., of Dubuque, Iowa, announced that it is part of a team that received a 2011 Project of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the Dane County Wisconsin-Rodefeld Landfill BioCNG Vehicle Fuel Project as part of the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP). The award was presented during the 15th Annual LMOP Partner and Project of the Year Awards Ceremony on January 18, 2012, in Baltimore, MD.
The project partners include the Dane County Solid Waste Department, Cornerstone Environmental Group, ANGI Energy Systems, Unison Solutions, Inc. and Madison Area Technical College. The patent-pending biogas conditioning system economically produces biogas‐based fuel to power compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. The BioCNG system, designed and manufactured in Dubuque by Unison, fuels Dane County parks and public works trucks, with the potential to expand to supply fuel to waste trucks and other County vehicles. It is currently operating at a capacity of 100 gallons of gasoline equivalent (GGE) per day, but is now being upgraded by Unison to operate at a capacity of 250 GGE.
According to Dave Broihahn, PE, co‐owner of Unison, “This technology is an extension of the biogas treatment systems we have been providing to the electrical generation market for many years and will allow our customers to offset the rising cost of gasoline and diesel fuel.” The change also benefits the environment. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, CNG reduces carbon monoxide by 90 percent, ground‐level ozone emissions by 75 percent, and greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent. “The BioCNG process will allow municipalities to maximize the benefit of utilizing the biogas created by their wastewater treatment facilities and landfills” said Jan Scott, co‐owner of Unison.
