The manufacturing and construction phase of the project, located on Jamaica Bay, is expected to be completed in about 18 months.
Once installed, the ThermoEnergy ammonia removal and recovery system will help prevent millions of pounds of ammonia (nitrogen) from entering Jamaica Bay each year, the company said.
ThermoEnergy president and CEO Cary Bullock said this phase of the project is expected to generate about $13m in revenues over the next several quarters.
ThermoEnergy is in the process of expanding its Worcester, Massachusetts fabrication facilities to 40,000sq ft to accommodate the build.
Nitrogen removal and sampling are part of the historic agreement announced by Mayor in February 2010 between DEP, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental stakeholders.
The deal aims to improve the overall water quality and mitigate marshland loss in Jamaica Bay through $115m of investments over the next decade.
These investments, along with $95m of capital projects are expected to cut nitrogen discharges into Jamaica Bay in half.
ThermoEnergy is engaged in delivering the municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and power generation technologies.
