ReEnergy Holdings acquires Connecticut tire-to-energy facility

ReEnergy Holdings has completed the acquisition of the Exeter Tire-to-Energy Facility located in Sterling CT. The facility had been owned by a subsidiary of CMS Enterprises, based in Jackson Michigan. The 31 MW facility, continuously operated since 1991, is fueled with chipped and whole tires. The facility will be known as the Sterling Energy Facility.

In a related development, ReEnergy announced that Scott Hersey has joined ReEnergy Holdings LLC as a capital projects manager. Hersey will be responsible for managing capital investment programs for ReEnergy’s power plant operations. Prior to joining ReEnergy, Hersey was the business development director at Fastco Corporation where he provided project development and technical support services to various organizations. Before joining Fastco, Hersey worked with Greenville Steam Company for a number of years, where he managed that biomass-to-energy facility.