Aries Clean Technologies, a leader in biosolids gasification, announced that its facility in Linden, NJ, has demonstrated extended stable operations. Rather than the traditional landfill or incineration approach to disposing of wastewater sludge, Aries鈥� fluidized bed gasification captures the energy in the biosolids to power the plant鈥檚 drying process. This circular method reduces local pollution, improves the region鈥檚 carbon footprint, and creates cleaner communities across the metropolitan New York and New Jersey area.
Aries Linden Biosolids Gasification Plant is designed to process 400 tons of municipal wastewater per day in a more environmentally sustainable and efficient process than the current alternatives like landfills and land application. It prevents harmful chemicals from seeping into local land or waterways and captures the energy from the biosolids of over 500,000 households annually, energy that otherwise would be lost. The Linden biosolids gasification plant is currently the largest facility of its kind in the world.
As Linden鈥檚 Mayor, Derek Armstead said, 鈥淭he City of Linden is proud to have Aries Clean Technologies in our community. Their plant provides employment to dozens of skilled workers and their innovative technology is making our neighborhoods cleaner, greener, and healthier. We are excited about our partnership with Aries and the sustainability progress we are making.鈥�
Aries has a pipeline of projects in development with the goal of owning and operating patented waste technology facilities across the US and beyond. Aries鈥� innovative conversion of biosolids to value will significantly reduce carbon emissions and minimize contribution to landfills, enabling municipalities across the country to reach their environmental goals. In addition to the Linden plant, Aries intends to construct a multitude of similar projects in the next four years, with a long-term pipeline of dozens of domestic and international opportunities.
鈥淲e are excited and proud of the Aries team and the terrific accomplishment of opening the Linden plant. This plant is a great idea that has taken a long time to come to fruition. It could not have happened without the folks at Aries, and the tremendous support we have from the Linden community and Mayor Armstead,鈥� said Jon Cozens, CEO of Aries Clean Technologies. 鈥淲e are very focused on operating the plant reliably and safely, and making a large, positive impact on the waste disposal problem in New Jersey. My wife and I grew up in New Jersey, and I am personally proud that I can have such a positive environmental impact on my home state.鈥�
Aries鈥� gasification technology operates at temperatures required to destroy forever-chemicals, like PFAS. Rather than leaching into the ground or waterways, forever chemicals are deconstructed at high temperature and converted into a safe producer gas that powers the plant. All parts of the facility have now demonstrated extended stable operations.
鈥淭he opening of the Aries Linden facility and its low-carbon solution represents a pivotal moment in the movement towards fully sustainable waste management,鈥� said Nikhil Garg, Partner and Co-founder of Spring Lane Capital, an Aries investor. 鈥淟inden turns a critical environmental challenge into a source of clean energy and marks a significant step towards our goal at Spring Lane Capital of scaling impactful solutions across the nation. The success of the Linden plant is an example of how strategic investments can drive both environmental sustainability and economic growth. We are committed to supporting ventures like this which pave the way for a greener, more sustainable future.鈥�
Compared to other biosolid disposal technologies, Aries鈥� plant operates at a scale designed to process 400 tons per day 鈥� roughly the waste generated by one million people 鈥� and is a closed loop facility, creating energy to power the plant through the biosolid destruction process. By using the energy available in the wastewater biosolids Aries is offsetting the use of fossil fuels. The Linden facility is located within 20 miles of Manhattan, offering a proximal disposal option versus trucking the waste up to 50 miles or more to available landfills.
The Aries facility is located at the Linden Roselle Sewage Authority (LRSA) plant. Jeffrey Williams, Executive Director of LRSA said, 鈥淏y co-locating at our LRSA site, Aries can directly utilize the biosolid waste from our treatment facility, saving us money and helping us take another step forward to cleaner, more sustainable operations.鈥�