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<br />TCmdu'Ross [..CQ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />PROJECT OVERVIEW <br /> <br />This report presents the results of work performed for the <br />City of New Brighton under a League of Cities/Minnesota Energy <br />Agency District Heating Preliminary Planning Grant. The purpose <br />of the Grant was to develop a preliminary assessment of the <br />feasibility of a privately-owned, municipal solid waste (MSW) <br />fired, district heating system serving customers located in the <br />Old Highway 8/694 commercial and industrial corridor of New <br />Brighton (hereinafter called the Development Corridor. The City <br />engaged Touche Ross & Co. to perform the preliminary feasibility <br />study. Touche Ross subcontracted the conceptual engineering <br />design and cost estimating tasks to Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson <br />and Associates Incorporated. <br /> <br />The New Brighton Waste-to-Energy District Heating concept was <br />initially conceived to accomplish three major objectives: <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. To provide a more stable, lower cost source of thermal <br />energy to meet the space and process heating requirements <br />of existing facilities located in the Development Corri- <br />dor. <br /> <br />. To provide a means to attract additional commercial and <br />industrial tenants to the Development Corridor; and <br />\ <br /> <br />. To develop a profitable business that would help reduce <br />the solid waste disposal problem and reduce dependence on <br />traditional fossil fuels. <br /> <br />The proposed New Brighton Waste-to-Energy District Heating <br />system consists of: <br /> <br />. A central processing facility that converts municipal <br />solid waste (MSW) into steam and electricity; and <br /> <br />. 11,250 feet of buried piping to distribute district <br />heating steam to customers located in or near the New <br />Brighton Development Corridor. <br /> <br />An alternative system without the capability to generate <br />electricity was also analyzed but was found to be less financially <br />viable. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- 1 - <br />