산업체 바이오기술 솔루션 제공업체인 캠브리언 이노베이션(Cambrian Innovation)은 3천만 달러의 기금을 이용해 깨끗한 물과 에너지 솔루션을 배포하기 위한 새 금융투자회사(financing vehicle)를 런칭했다고 발표했다.

‘워터·에너지 구매협정(WEPA)’이라는 이번 새 재정 메커니즘 하에 현재 성장하고 있는 산업체들은 이용량에 기초한 합리적인 가격을 매달 지불함으로써 현장(onsite) 폐수처리 및 청정에너지 발전의 혜택을 누릴 수 있게 된다.

 

 

 

Cambrian Innovation, provider of biotechnology solutions for industrial partners, has launched a new financing vehicle for distributed clean water and energy solutions backed by a $30M fund.

 

Under the new financing mechanism, called a water-energy purchase agreement (WEPA), growing industrial businesses will be able to enjoy the benefits of onsite wastewater treatment and clean energy generation by simply paying an affordable monthly fee based on usage.

 

The first-of-its-kind financing model is poised to drive widespread adoption of distributed clean water and energy solutions that can reshape today's industrial infrastructure.

 

Cambrian Innovation is the maker of the EcoVolt(r) product suite, a set of modular solutions that extract clean energy and water from wastewater with advanced biotechnology. The containerized EcoVolt products are installed onsite at food and beverage companies, seamlessly fitting into and scaling with business operations.

 

Through the WEPA, Cambrian will finance, install and operate EcoVolt systems on the customer's behalf, and sell back clean energy and clean water on a take-or-pay model. Customers convert what was previously an environmental liability into a source of on-going financial and environmental benefit, with zero capital outlay and no operating risk.

 

The WEPA concept is based on the successful power purchase agreement (PPA) deployed in the solar industry during the past decade. The PPA is widely credited with unlocking massive growth in solar initiatives at the consumer level. The WEPA allows customers to transfer the risk of treatment and increasingly strict wastewater compliance to Cambrian, while hedging against rising water costs, and enjoying financial and environmental benefits.

 

The WEPA is available exclusively from Cambrian Water, the service-based water division of Cambrian Innovation, starting immediately.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 12월 1일]