The Taylor Biomass Energy, LLC waste recycling and energy project’s application for Tier I renewable energy standard (RES) provisional certification has been approved for the Montgomery-based facility, moving the project one step closer to completion.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) found the facility meets the requirements for eligibility pursuant to New York State Public Service Commission (NYSPSC) order “Adopting a Clean Energy Standard and Clean Energy Standard Final Phase I Implementation Plan” for its new vintage gasification of adulterated biomass waste streams.

The facility processes recyclables and provides alternative, renewable energy credits (RECs). The decision provisionally certified the Taylor biomass gasification process the same Tier 1 RES as the electricity produced by wind, solar, hydropower, anaerobic digesters and methane gas captured from landfills.

Adulterated biomass contains wet food scraps, non-painted waste wood and other biomass in the waste stream.

“This NYSERDA/NYSPSC approval is very important to our investors and lenders as we complete financing of this breakthrough green energy technology,” President and CEO James Taylor said. “We applaud Governor Cuomo’s green energy initiatives and ambitious goal of 100 percent of New York State electricity coming from clean energy by 2020, and the clean energy standards the NYS Public Service Commission, NYSERDA and NYSDEC have established.”

The Taylor plant will produce clean renewable energy 24 hours a day, seven days a week, minus downtime for maintenance. This may be compared to energy produced from solar panels or wind turbines, which produce a yearly average energy production of 20 and 40 percent, respectively.

The facility can process up to 500 tons per day of MSW; 450 tons per day of construction & demolition debris; 100 tons per day of waste wood and up to 25,000 tons per year of wallboard and sheetrock processing.

The target date for commercial operation of the project is April 15, 2021.