Sierra Energy lands grant for waste gasification system

Mike Hart, president, Sierra Energy Corp.

Davis-based Sierra Energy has received a $3 million federal award from the Department of Defense to install a waste gasification system at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County.

Reps. Doris Matsui and Mike Thompson announced the award Thursday.

Sierra Energy does much of its research and development at the Renewable Energy Testing Center at McClellan Business Park in Sacramento. There, Sierra Energy is testing a reactor that would convert garbage into synthetic gas that can then be turned into a low-carbon diesel fuel.

The grant will allow Sierra Energy to install its community-scale waste gasification system at the Army fort.

?The Sacramento region is becoming increasingly well known as a hub for clean technology,? Matsui said in a news release. ?Renewable energy and energy independence is the future of our country ...?

?Grants like this create jobs, enhance our national security and help move us closer to energy independence,? Thompson added in a statement. ?With these funds we will be able to provide a clean, reliable, American-made source of energy for our men and women in uniform at Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett.?

In August, Sierra Energy received $5 million from the California Energy Commission to build a commercial waste-to-biofuels demonstration facility at the Port of West Sacramento. That facility is expected to convert local, non-recyclable waste into reneawble fuels.

Melanie Turner covers energy, medical/biotechnology, agriculture, transportation and manufacturing for the Sacramento Business Journal.

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