Landfill Methane Articles & Analysis

Green Gas Americas, in conjunction with Tetra Tech, has won a contract worth a total maximum value of USD 19.7 million to support the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Landfill Methane Outreach Programme (LMOP). The programme is intended to help operators and developers around the world to reduce methane emissions from landfills, by encouraging the recovery and beneficial use ...

By Green Gas Germany GmbH

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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. EPA has assisted with more than 490 landfill gas energy projects over the past 16 years, transforming waste into a green community asset. ...

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Seven innovative landfill methane capture projects were recognized by EPA for generating renewable energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Announced at the 12th Annual Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Annual Conference, the seven winners included a project that converts landfill gas to fuel for county vehicles, and one of the largest multiple-customer landfill gas use projects in ...

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

North Carolina’s renewable energy production initiatives recently received a boost with the formal opening of a new landfill gas-to-energy plant in Durham, the state’s fourth largest city. Built by the landfill gas project developer Methane Power Inc., the energy plant is powered by three of GE’s (NYSE: GE) containerized and ecomagination-approved, JGC 320 Jenbacher landfill gas engines. GE’s ...

By General Electric

FirmGreen announces the launch of FirmGreen Labs, its Green Energy Research & Development facility in Kokomo, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis — host city to Super Bowl XLVI. Kokomo, known as the ‘City of Firsts’ because of the large number of patents awarded its citizens over the last 100+ years, continues that history of innovation as home to FirmGreen’s first ...

By FirmGreen, Inc.

One of California’s most powerful landfill gas-to-energy projects to open in the last five years has started supplying renewable electricity to the San Francisco Bay region as the state continues implementing new anti-greenhouse gas initiatives. The output of the plant is enough to provide electrical power for 7,500 to 10,000 average U.S. homes and will be sold to existing customers and project ...

By General Electric

FlexEnergy Inc (www.flexenergy.com), a clean tech company with a breakthrough solution that generates clean energy from methane with near-zero emissions, has successfully installed its first commercial order of the Flex Powerstation™ FP250 at the Department of Defense's (DoD) Fort Benning, GA Army base. The Flex Powerstation™ will convert landfill gas into enough renewable electricity ...

By Flex Energy Solutions

(Washington, D.C.) Students from Western Washington University drove from Washington State to Washington, D.C., in a car entirely powered by biodiesel fuel made from recovered landfill methane. Northwestern students built a solar powered system that provides electricity to a rural town in Panama, miles away from any electric power grid. The University of Virginia team designed and built a ...

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Consumers Energy recently (2/24) announced a goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040, the next step in an industry-leading Clean Energy Plan that protects the planet for future generations. "Consumers Energy is proud to take a stand for Michigan and for the planet. We are committed to take actions that eliminate our carbon footprint and do our part to combat climate change," said Patti ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Today, FirmGreen Energy, Inc. (FGE®) announces completion of an agreement with PlasmaTech Caribbean Corporation (PlasmaTech) to become FirmGreen’s exclusive sub-Licensee of CO2 Wash® technology for the Caribbean region. Under this agreement, PlasmaTech has placed on order a CO2 Wash unit for a biogas to fuels project located in Puerto Rico. The project will utilize CO2 Wash technology to ...

By FirmGreen, Inc.

FlexEnergy Inc.(www.flexenergy.com) an energy technology company based in Irvine, California, celebrated the successful installation and operation of the first commercial deployment of its Flex Powerstation™ FP250 system on November 8, 2011 at the Department of Defense's (DoD) Fort Benning, GA Army post. The Flex Powerstation™, the only turbine to offer both pollution control and ...

By Flex Energy Solutions

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) has announced that it plans to use its expertise as the nation’s largest developer of landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) projects to partner with private and municipal landfill owners to develop the country’s untapped landfill gas resources. Waste Management is the first in the waste management industry to launch such a program. Waste Management’s third-party LFGTE ...

By Waste Management Inc.

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) has announced that it plans to use its expertise as the nation’s largest developer of landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) projects to partner with private and municipal landfill owners to develop the country’s untapped landfill gas resources. Waste Management is the first in the waste management industry to launch such a program. Waste Management’s third-party LFGTE ...

By Waste Management Inc.

GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that its ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher gas engines will power China’s largest landfill gas (LFG) power generation project. The Laogang LFG project is owned by Laogang Renewable Energy Co., a joint venture formed by Veolia and Shanghai Environment Group, and supports the Chinese government’s 12th Five-Year Plan, ...

By GE Power

Three of GE’s Jenbacher Gas Engines Expected to be Commissioned this Month at Estre Ambiental’s New Landfill in Brazil, with Commercial Operation Planned for May New Landfill to Reduce about 70,000 Tons of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Atmosphere GE’s Distributed Power business (NYSE: GE) today announced that commissioning for three of its Jenbacher gas engines is ...

By General Electric

Capturing methane from landfills and other sources is paving the way to a clean, green energy source and reducing greenhouse gases in the fight against climate change. Through the Methane to Markets Partnership (M2M), EPA is funding 20 projects that will help 12 countries increase their capture and use of methane from the landfill, coal, agriculture, and oil and natural gas sectors. These ...

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Today, FirmGreen, Inc. (FGI) announces the opening of a Green Energy Center (GEC), near Columbus, Ohio.  In a public-private partnership with the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO), FirmGreen built the landfill gas processing facility and fueling station that pumps compressed natural gas (CNG) processed from landfill gas. The facility collects and cleans raw landfill gas (methane) ...

By FirmGreen, Inc.

Ameresco Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading US cleantech integrator, has been commissioned to develop a renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at the Layton landfill in Utah. This project was awarded by the Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District (WIWMD), which oversees waste disposal and recycling in Davis and Morgan Counties. WIWMD has chosen Ameresco to design and construct the RNG plant at its ...

By Ameresco, Inc.

With Mississippi looking to produce more domestic energy from renewable resources, government officials, utility and GE (NYSE: GE) representatives gathered today at the Golden Triangle Regional Landfill in northeastern Mississippi to mark the commercial start-up of the state’s first landfill gas-to-electricity (LFGTE) project that will support the regional ...

By General Electric

Greasezilla™, a product of the Downey Ridge Environmental Company, announces the development of an international distribution network to manage sales of its advanced biofuel byproduct on behalf of its customers. Greasezilla systems produce a Brown Grease Advanced Biofuel (ABF) in nearly every region of the country. The distribution network offers Greasezilla’s clients a proven channel ...

By Downey Ridge Environmental Company (Greasezilla)