2019 SWANApalooza

Brian Paganini
Vice President
Quantum Biopower


At Quantum Biopower, Connecticut’s first merchant food waste anaerobic digestion facility, Brian Paganini leads the effort to recycle 40,000 tons per year of food waste, creating 1.2MW of power and 10,000 tons/year of organic soil amendments. Quantum develops digester infrastructure in places of need to liberate the energy and nutrients stored in organic waste streams. Mr. Paganini has helped to shape the energy policies in the New England region, specifically working toward the passage of Connecticut’s first virtual net metering program in 2015 and more recently a statewide renewable fuel standard for biogas. Mr. Paganini is extremely proud of the academic partnerships he has established with UConn and Yale to help develop future leaders, technology platforms and entrepreneurship programs focused on biogas projects and programs. He also passionately works on public policy initiatives to affect positive change for food waste recycling and energy creation from a variety of renewable energy resources. Prior to managing Quantum’s business, he worked in the biomedical field.

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