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”PXVNEO upends the current treatment-disposal model and creates a sustainable zero-waste system for future generations of Phoenixville residents.
THE FIRST
Municipally-Owned Hydrothermal Carbonization Facility
The first in the U.S.—and the first of any type of facility to implement it on a commercial scale in North America— Phoenixville’s wastewater treatment plant is installing a hydrothermal carbonization system, PXVNEO, and transforming into a resource recovery system.
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”PXVNEO is cost effective.
Much of the initial start up cost of equipment and installation was offset by regional grants, and the system can ultimately create the energy it needs to operate.
TRANSITION
PXVNEO’s first phase will see the Borough’s wastewater treatment transformed from anaerobic digestion to hydrothermal carbonization or HTC.
HTC is superior to anaerobic digestion in several keys ways and the move to improve the Borough’s largest energy user into an eventual energy producer is revolutionary.
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”PXVNEO is energy saving.
In fact, when the HTC plant is fully operational, it will be carbon neutral—offsetting the vehicles of every single driver residing in the Borough.
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”PXVNEO is the result of a commitment from the Borough of Phoenixville to transition to 100% clean energy use by 2035.
