{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Executive Exchange","title":"CLEAR: How to Make a 100% Renewably-powered Plant with Scott McClelland, GM of Encina Wastewater Authority","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b77989b5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":812,"description":"In this episode of the Exec Exchange podcast, host Piers Clark speaks with Scott McClelland, General Manager of Encina Wastewater Authority, about achieving a 100% renewably-powered wastewater treatment plant at scale. The discussion focuses on the wastewater energy challenge and Encina’s Cogeneration Low-Emission Augmentation and Retrofit (CLEAR) project, driven by air emissions requirements and built around cogeneration, linear generators, batteries, microgrid controls, and gas conditioning. Scott explains how increasing biogas production through co-digestion with FOG and beer waste, combined with improved efficiency and required gas scrubbing, supports energy independence, with potential surplus energy used to offset purified water production costs.\n00:00 Introductions\n00:31 Scott’s Career Path\n01:31 About Encina\n02:12 Wastewater Energy Challenge\n03:55 CLEAR Project Explained\n05:36 Boosting Biogas Supply\n07:12 Biosolids and Fertilizer\n08:52 Higher Efficiency Power\n10:03 Cleaning Gas and Emissions\n11:00 Using Surplus Energy\n12:22 Advice to Younger Self\n13:15 Wrap Up and Thanks","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AhH8Oc24Ep5HBk1v4oSv3FPCbdOflcUt3HC2QFXLbGU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ZGVm/OTViMGYxNjJiMjNh/YjEwMmM3YmY2MWZj/ZjBmMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}