By Greentech Lead America: Waste Management, a provider
of integrated waste management services, announced a gas-to-electric facility
at Mahoning Landfill in New Springfield, Ohio. The plant will produce
electricity from Methane gas, which is produced in the landfill from the decomposition
of waste.
Waste Management Mahoning Landfill is expected to
generate 4.8 megawatts of electricity, enough to power over 3,500 homes. The
plant will be operational by the end of this year. The electricity generated at
Waste Management Mahoning Landfill will go into the electrical power grid.
“Creating this facility ensures that the waste we
generate will be converted into a beneficial use. By investing in
landfill-gas-to-energy, we are developing renewable ‘green’ energy to power
homes,” said Jerry Ross, senior district manager of Waste Management
Mahoning Landfill.
The U.S. EPA has endorsed landfill
gas as an environmentally friendly resource that reduces reliance on
coal, oil and other fossil fuels. Landfill gas is a resource that can be
harnessed to produce energy and has many benefits and advantages compared to
fossil fuels and other alternative energy sources.
Waste Management owns or operates over 130 landfill
gas-to-energy facilities in North America. In 2007, Waste Management announced
four sustainability goals, which included increasing the amount of waste-based
energy produced. Mahoning Landfill is a big step in accomplishing this goal
Currently, the company creates enough energy to power 1.1
million homes, and it is looking to double to reach two million by 2020.
Waste Management opens gas-to-energy power plant
Waste Management has opened northern Nevada’s first
Gas-To-Energy power plant at its Lockwood Landfill, which will use landfill gas
produced onsite to generate electricity. The project will create enough
renewable energy to power more than 1,800 homes.
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