Hughes Energy Group, a New York-based fiber production and green-technology company, uses its proprietary Wilson System® steam-autoclave process to turn organic waste into Wilson Fibre®, a feedstock for lower-carbon bio-products and fuels. Founded by Brendan Hughes after he entered the waste and renewable-energy sector in 2005, the company is the Wilson System’s sole representative in North America. Its facilities are designed to treat up to 175,000 tons of municipal solid waste annually while diverting up to 200,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent from the atmosphere.
Green Renewable, IncGreen Renewable, Inc. is an environmental materials company built around repurposing New York’s organic and wood waste. Since opening its 20-acre Wood Materials Recovery Facility in Watervliet in 2013, it has worked with municipalities and commercial customers to divert material from landfills and turn it into usable mulch and soil products.COHOES, NY
Estech USA, LLCFrom its Pataskala base, Estech USA develops and commercializes patented autoclave systems that sterilize, reduce and sort municipal solid waste. The company’s Fibrecycle® technology uses pressurized steam and mechanical action to recover recyclable materials and biomass for electricity, while its history reaches back to a University of Alabama prototype built in 1992. Estech USA acquired the Remtec rights and assets in 2010 and later developed the MOD-4 variation for used diapers and coincidental medical waste.PATASKALA, OH
Eco Energy International, LLCAs a joint venture of Energy Technologies Inc. and Bio Carbon Fuels, Eco Energy International develops modular systems that turn municipal waste and other carbon-based feedstocks into clean hydrogen and syngas. Its patented Base Facilitated Reformer captures carbon rather than releasing CO or CO2, while the company’s Total Recovery Facility concept separates recyclable materials and reduces reliance on landfills. The Mansfield, Ohio venture draws on ETI’s established power-equipment manufacturing operation and its portfolio of U.S. and international hydrogen patents.MANSFIELD, OH
GeneSyst GPV technologies, IncFormed in Ohio in 1991, GeneSyst GPV technologies, Inc. develops and licenses Gravity Pressure Vessel technology that converts organic and hazardous wastes into energy and other usable products. The privately held company is the exclusive licensing source for its patented GPV system and coordinates design, implementation and technical support for licensees in ten states and 34 countries. Its technology is designed as a closed, water-based process rather than combustion, with applications including municipal waste conversion to ethanol.HUDSON, OH