The Connecticut Clean Energy Finance & Investment Authority has launched a $6 million pilot program looking for participants in developing plants that process food waste into electricity.
The three-year Anaerobic Digestion Pilot Program stems off a law created in 2011 calling for grocers and major users to food to send their waste to nearby digestion plants, which use the decomposing food to generate electricity.
Connecticut does not have any digestion plants, and CEFIA’s initial attempts haven’t yielded any development partners. The new program gives developers greater flexibility to plan and open their projects, rather than meeting a CEFIA window.
The pilot program offers grants, loans, and financing to projects using $5 million available from this solicitation.
