Urban Energy Plants

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) has set a goal of delivering 20% of its power from renewable sources by the year 2010. Toward this goal, SDGE has contracted with Bull Moose Energy to purchase 20 megawatts of electricity in 2008, sufficient power for 20,000 homes. Bull Moose will create the power by gasifying wood that would otherwise have been dumped in a landfill.

Bull Moose Energy was founded in 2005 to develop alternative energy power production systems. Bull Moose's first eco-friendly facility will use biomass waste products to produce electrical power. Several hundred tons of green waste per day will be gasified. The 20-acre facility will be located in Otay Mesa, a suburb of San Diego that is targeted for commercial revitalization. Additional installations are being planned for municipalities throughout the U.S.

The Bull Moose biomass energy production system reportedly burns cleaner than natural gas using fuel that is comprised primarily of green waste, such as tree trimmings.

Morgan Stanley recently committed to investing up to $60 million in Bull Moose to finance the development of next generation biomass power production plants near urban centers.