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Harvest Power, Inc. was a privately held organics management company headquartered in

Fast Company named it one of the most innovative companies in the world.[3] In August of 2020 Harvest Power Orlando ceased operations for unknown reasons and all assets were put up for sale;[citation needed] the company was dissolved in April 2021.[4]

History

The company was founded by

Waste Management, Inc., and later from True North Venture Partners, Industry Ventures, Generation Investment Management, DAG Ventures and others.[5][6][7] As of February 2014, the company operated 40 facilities in North America[2] including bioenergy facilities, yard waste drop-off and soil- and-mulch pick-up depots for landscapers, contractors and homeowners, and bagging facilities. In 2014 Kathleen Ligocki took the position of CEO of the company.[8] Its revenue in 2013 was, according to Ligocki, $130 million.[9] In 2015, the company was ranked by Waste360 as the 29th largest waste and recycling firm based on 2014 revenues.[10]

Approach

Harvest Power's services are cited as a model for a

landfills โ€“ can be used for clean energy and soil revitalization.[12][13] As examples, New York City's strategy to build more digesters has been called the "brown energy movement",[14] the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) set the goal to divert 450,000 tons of food waste a year from landfills and incinerators,[15] and California and other states are co-digesting food waste at sewage treatment plants.[16]

Facilities

In 2013, Harvest Power began operations of three

Metro Vancouver ultimately banned from landfills in January 2015.[21][22] Third, in London, Ontario, the company opened a food waste digester to serve food waste processors, supermarkets, restaurants, and other commercial generators.[23]

In addition to bioenergy facilities, the company sells soils, mulches, and fertilizers โ€“ more than 40 million bags at retail outlets such as

The Home Depot, Walmart and independent garden centers, and thousands of cubic yards in bulk at landscape depots and via delivery โ€“ each year.[24][25]

References

  1. ^
    Business Week. Archived from the original
    on April 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Plant turns Disney food scraps into electricity". Orlando Sentinel. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  3. Fast Company
    . 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  4. ^ "Articles of Dissolution". Florida Division of Corporations. 2021-04-27.
  5. Wall Street Journal
    . Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  6. ^ "Renewable Energy Firm Harvest Power Raises $52 Million To Turn Waste Into Fuel". Forbes. 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  7. ^ Dan Primack (2012-04-12). "Venture Capital Deals". Fortune. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
  8. ^ Regan, Keith. "WomenUp: Kathleen Ligocki of Harvest Power Inc." Boston Business Journal, 11 April 2014. Web. 21 April 2014(subscription required)
  9. ^ "Harvest Power to get new CEO from Kleiner Perkins; replaces founder Paul Sellew". Boston Business Journal. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  10. ^ "2015 Waste 100". Waste360. 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  11. ^ Marc Gunther (2014-10-17). "Disney World's biogas facility: a model for converting food waste into energy". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  12. ^ Steve Curwood (2013-09-20). "Power Shift - Energy From Food Scraps". Living on Earth. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  13. ^ Joel Rose (2014-03-11). "Turning Food Waste Into Fuel Takes Gumption and Trillions of Bacteria". NPR. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  14. ^ Nick Stockton (2013-12-20). "Here's how NYC is going to start turning its food scraps into power". scienceline. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  15. ^ Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (2014-01-20). "Proposed Food Waste Ban Will Support Anaerobic Digestion and Tap into a Hidden Source of Energy". Mass.gov. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  16. ^ Rachel Cernansky (2014-06-26). "On Front Lines of Recycling, Turning Food Waste into Biogas". Yale Environment 360. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  17. ^ "Could your child's uneaten broccoli help provide electricity?". Fortune. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  18. ^ "Harvest Power organics-to-energy facility on line in Fla". Biomass World. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  19. ^ Gina-Marie Cheeseman (2015-03-23). "Disney Vanquishes Greenhouse Gas Emissions". Triple Pundit. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  20. Salon
    . Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  21. ^ CBC News (2014-12-15). "Food waste disposal rules go into effect in Metro Vancouver Jan 1". CBC News. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  22. ^ Jon Azpiri (2015-07-01). "What happens to Metro Vancouver food scraps". Global News. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  23. ^ Peter Gorrie (2013-09-01). "Dedicated Food Waste Digester Opens In Ontario". BioCycle. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  24. ^ Glenn Meyers (2015-02-05). "Harvest Power Rebuilds Topsoil And Produces Energy With The Process". Clean Technica. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  25. ^ Todd Major (2013-03-06). "Get the dirt on topsoils". North Shore News. Retrieved 2015-07-08.

External links

  • Gunders, Dana. [1] "Wasted: How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill." NRDC (2012): n. pag. Web. 29 July 2013
  • Farrell, Maureen. "Meet The Renewable Entrepreneur." Forbes Magazine, 08 Mar. 2010. Web. 3 July 2013
  • Michael, Whitney.[2] "Cleantech Insights | 2012 Global Cleantech 100 List Announced!" Cleantech Insights RSS. Cleantech Group, 1 Oct. 2012. Web. 29 July 2013
  • "Speakers ยป Paul Sellew." [3] TEDxBoston RSS. TEDxBoston, 25 June 2013. Web. 29 July 2013
  • Sawyer, Haley. "Anaerobic Digestion: Unaddressed Opportunity." Renewable Energy World. Renewable Energy World, 28 Apr. 2011. Web. 25 July 2013
  • "New Energy Pioneers." Bnef.com. Bloomberg New Energy Finance, n.d. Web. 29 July 2013.
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