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Jessup, MD

Maryland Bioenergy Center

Food waste recycling and renewable natural gas

The Maryland Bioenergy Center was built beside a major food distribution hub. Its digesters turn food-processing and distribution waste into renewable gas and leave a material that can be used to make soil products. [1] [2]

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Two domed anaerobic digesters at the Maryland Bioenergy Center
The two enclosed digesters process food waste and capture the resulting biogas.Goran Kovacevic project portfolio and Dutchland project imagery
Anaerobic treatment vessels [3]
2 digesters
Volume per digester, per project consultant [3]
1.2M gallons
Food waste processing estimate [4]
125,000 tons/yr
Consultant-reported installed cost [3]
$20M

Why it happened

The Maryland Food Center brings wholesalers, processors, and distribution businesses together. Locating digestion next to the campus gives area businesses a way to recycle organic material that would otherwise have to be managed off site. [1] [4]

What was built

Food waste enters sealed tanks where microorganisms break it down without oxygen. The process produces biogas that can be upgraded to renewable natural gas. The remaining digestate can be used to make soil products. [1] [2] [3]

What changed

The project created a regional destination for food waste and a source of renewable gas. The annual figure is the processing estimate in Maryland Environmental Service’s report. It describes expected throughput. [4] [1]

Project team

Project developer
Bioenergy Devco [1]
Digestion technology
BTS Biogas [2]
Architecture and structural engineering
Barton & Loguidice [5]
General contractor
Stewart & Tate Construction [5]
Concrete construction and precast supply
M2 Construction and Dutchland are identified in the project team record. [5] [6]

Project photos

Site location

See the two digesters beside the processing building at the Maryland Food Center in Jessup.

Project records

  1. Maryland Department of Commerce · Jessup digester

    Developer, project purpose, and the food waste-to-gas process.

  2. BTS Biogas · Maryland Bioenergy Center

    Technology, eligible organic materials, and renewable gas applications.

  3. Industrial Projects Consulting · Jessup biogas project

    Number and volume of digesters and installed cost reported by the project consultant.

  4. Maryland Environmental Service · Greenhouse gas report

    Expected food waste diversion, stated in tons per year.

  5. American Concrete Institute · Building partners

    Engineer, general contractor, and concrete delivery team.

  6. M2 Construction · Maryland Food Center

    Concrete construction project record and photographs.

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