by Brianna Crandall — January 21, 2011—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized six landfill methane capture projects and partners for their innovation in generating renewable energy and protecting the climate and people’s health by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The six winners, announced at the 14th Annual Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Conference in Baltimore, include a project that powers manufacturing at a green business park in Indiana and a 10 MW combined cycle power plant in Ohio. These projects will contribute to job creation and provide energy savings and green power generation, says EPA.
Awardees are Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority Small Engine Project, Christiansburg, VA; Frederick County Electricity Project, Winchester, VA; Crow Wing County Small On-site LFG Boiler Project, Brainerd, MN; Hoffman Road LFG and Bay View WWTP Digester Gas 10-MW Project, Toledo, OH; and Newton County Renewable Energy Park LFG Direct-Use Project, Brook, IN. The community partner of the year is Escambia County, Pensacola, FL.
EPA has assisted with more than 490 landfill gas energy projects over the past 16 years with its Landfill Methane Outreach Program, transforming waste into a green community asset. Landfill gas electricity generation projects have a capacity of 1,680 megawatts (MW) and provide the energy equivalent of powering more than 994,000 homes annually as a clean energy source, says EPA. The United States currently has about 540 operational landfill gas energy projects.
