Bioenergy Devco hosts Delaware secretary of agriculture at organics recycling site

Bioenergy Devco, the North American division of BTS Bioenergy LLC that specializes in the design, engineering, construction, financing and operation of advanced anaerobic digester systems, hosted Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse for a tour of its composting facility in Seaford on Feb. 15.

Scuse met with Bioenergy Devco founder and CEO Shawn Kreloff and Vice President of Government Relations Andrew Cassilly to tour the Seaford facility and discuss the company's anaerobic digester technology. This technology recycles food waste into renewable natural gas and a nutrient-rich organic soil amendment.

In September 2023, Bioenergy Devco was granted the necessary permits to expand its existing composting facility in Seaford, Delaware, to include anaerobic digesters. The process of converting food waste at this facility is expected to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with an impact equivalent to removing nearly 19,000 gasoline-powered vehicles from the roads each year.

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“We are honored to welcome Secretary Scuse to our Bioenergy Innovation Center and showcase how Bioenergy Devco is leading the way in sustainability and innovation right here in Delaware," Kreloff says. “As the United States moves toward a clean energy economy, organics recycling provides a critical solution to reduce waste, lower greenhouse gas emissions, produce renewable fuel and support American agriculture. Secretary Scuse's leadership has paved the way for investments in climate-smart infrastructure and practices that strengthen rural economies. We are proud to share our progress and vision with him.”

The Bioenergy Innovation Center is set to significantly mitigate pollution in the surrounding community and throughout the Delmarva area. By redirecting processing waste and other organic materials away from landfills and land applications, the center will repurpose these resources into clean, renewable energy and soil amendments.

“This is a much-needed facility to help our poultry industry,” Scuse says. “Bioenergy Devco will play an important role in Delaware by taking waste and creating renewable energy.”

Bioenergy Devco has more than 25 years of global expertise in organics recycling and currently manages 140 anaerobic digesters worldwide.