Tennessee Energy Professionals Receive National Honors

The EL75 is one of the industry's most elite product, project, and executive recognition programs. EL75 is a list of the top 75 executives in each business vertical (environmental and energy) as selected by the Editorial and Management team at Business Sector Media, based on applications supplied by the individual, a peer, co-worker, manager, vendor, or customer.

The award-winning waste-to-energy plant, owned by the City of Lebanon, was designed and built by Aries Clean Energy of Nashville. The downdraft gasification plant received the 2017 Top Project of the Year award from Environmental Leader. The plant utilizes waste wood from Carlex as fuel for the plant. Rockwood Recycling collects and prepares the feedstock for the plant. This public-private partnership prevents wood waste from being sent to the landfill and keeps the environment cleaner for everyone.

"Carlex and Rockwood are excellent examples of corporate sustainability stewardship," said Gregory L. Bafalis, CEO of Aries Clean Energy. "I am pleased that we were able to nominate these two for their efforts, and now their hard work will not go unnoticed."

"I am so proud of the leadership taken by both Lynda Hogue and Lincoln Young to lower the carbon footprint of Lebanon and Wilson County," said Lebanon Mayor Bernie Ash. "In conjunction with the gasification plant, this is another step toward our zero-landfill goal. I hope other companies will follow their lead and go green with us."

Hogue quickly zeroed in on finding a way to divert her company's wood waste from the landfill and to that plant, and here are the Carlex results to date:

• 2015: 515 tons of waste sent to the landfill
• 2016: 687 tons of waste wood diverted to the Lebanon gasification plant for fuel; 42 tons sent to the landfill after recyclables are pulled out
• 2017: 665 tons diverted; 56 tons to the landfill
• 2018 (to date): 123 tons diverted; 5.92 tons to the landfill

Young's company entered into a public-private partnership with the City of Lebanon for the gasification plant. Since the plant was commissioned in October 2016, Rockwood Recycling has repurposed 4,300 tons of renewable materials to be used as feedstock for Lebanon's gasification plant.

Selections for EL75 were qualitative with a heavy emphasis on project goals and achievement. As well as numeric, regarding goals for reduction, productivity, etc. More than 300 were nominated nationwide. Some honorees are prominent contributors, some are the workers quietly making things happen, while others are just emerging as top-rate, innovative managers and specialists. Copies of Hogue's and Young's nominations are available upon request from Aries Clean Energy. This is the second year of the program, and grew from 50 top execs in 2017 to 75 in 2018.

Honorees/inductees will be recognized at the Environmental Leader & Energy Manager Conference (ELEMCON) May 15-17, 2018 in Denver. More information can be found at https://www.conference.environmentalleader.com. They will also be featured in a special issue of both EL and EMT in July as well as on the website.

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About Aries Clean Energy

Aries Clean Energy, LLC, based in Nashville, Tennessee, designs and builds innovative bio-based downdraft and fluidized bed gasification systems using its eight patents granted to date. Its projects provide for the sustainable disposal of waste, reduction of carbon emissions, and the production of clean thermal and electrical energy. For more information, please visit our website:  www.ariescleanenergy.com

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