11.4 MWe - Landfill Gas Fuel Simple Cycle Power Plant Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill - Case Study
OWNER/OPERATOR
Fortistar
END USER
Concord Energy LLC
PROJECT ENGINEERING
SCS Engineers
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
McCarthy & Smith, Inc.
PRODUCT
Two (2) 5.7 MWe Taurus 60 Gas Turbine Generator Sets
CUSTOMER VALUE
High Availability and Local Renewable Energy Supply
The Concord Energy facility at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill in North Carolina helps fulfill a regional need for reliable renewable energy. Fortistar built, manages and operates the facility, where two (2) 5.7 MWe Taurus'' 60 gas turbine generator sets deliver 11.4 MWe of continuous base load power to the Duke Energy grid under a 20-year supply agreement. The facility runs around the clock on landfill gas, which has significant advantages over conventional fuels. The low-emission turbines destroy landfill methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Over the course of one year, the energy produced at the facility creates less carbon dioxide — some 36,000 metric tons less — compared with using traditional fossil fuels to generate the same energy. Methane withdrawn from gas wells in the landfill is compressed and supplied to the turbines. Gas treatment systems protect the turbines against fuel impurities.
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