PERC repairs to continue, electricity generation stalled
ORRINGTON Repairs at the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. (PERC), which takes in much of the waste from Hancock County and surrounding counties and burns it to generate electricity, are turning out to be “a lot more extensive than we anticipated,” said Plant Manager Henry Lang in an email last week. Because of that, the plant will be combusting trash but won’t be generating electricity for more than a month.
The facility was closed for maintenance from April 5 through 25 as Versant Power worked on the 115,000-volt lead line coming into the plant. PERC staff took advantage of that time to undertake a major turbine overhaul, which proved more complicated than expected.
PERC repairs to continue
Electricity generation stalled
ORRINGTON Repairs at the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. (PERC), which takes in much of the waste from Hancock County and surrounding counties and burns it to generate electricity, are turning out to be “a lot more extensive than we anticipated,” said Plant Manager Henry Lang in an email last week. Because of that, the plant will be combusting trash but won’t be generating electricity for more than a month.
The facility was closed for maintenance from April 5 through 25, as Versant Power worked on the 115,000-volt lead line coming into the plant. PERC staff took advantage of that time to undertake a major turbine overhaul, which proved more complicated than anticipated.
PERC to close for maintenance in April
ORRINGTON The Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. (PERC), which takes in much of the waste from Hancock County and surrounding counties and burns it to generate electricity, will be down for maintenance from April 5 through 25, said Plant Manager Henry Lang, as Versant Power works on the 115,000-volt lead line coming into the plant.
Although PERC can store roughly 10,000 tons of waste in its storage area and on its tipping floor, the rest of the deliveries will be landfilled at Juniper Ridge Landfill while PERC is closed, he said. Lang said waste can’t stay stored for long, however, “since the packed-in waste tends to self-combust if stored too long like wet hay.”