Boylston Firm’s Slick System Powers Restaurant

After a month running a Dedham restaurant, Boylston-based Owl Power Co.'s vegetable oil-powered electricity generation system is ready for prime time, the company says.

The Vegawatt system is a co-generation system aimed at restaurants and food service facilities. It uses waste vegetable oil to generate on-site electricity and hot water. The company says the Vegawatt is fully automated and requires no maintenance or intervention by restaurant staff.

Owl Power said "restaurant owners will achieve a value of $2.55 per gallon" by using their own spent vegetable oil to power their restaurants. The company said restaurants typically get between $0.10 and $0.15 per gallon when selling old oil.

The Vegawatt system has been powering Finz Seafood & Grill in Dedham since early December.