landfill gas energy project News

Turning landfills into community assets and cutting greenhouse gases

EPA today recognized the accomplishments of numerous landfill methane partners that are generating renewable energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At the 11th Annual Landfill Methane Outreach Program Conference & Project Expo in Washington, D.C., EPA gave recognition awards to government and private organizations that are helping the agency deliver energy and environmental benefits ...

Jan. 10, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Energy projects transform trash to green power / landfill gas projects protect health while fueling industry and job creation (HQ)

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. ...

Jan. 19, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. Announces Solution That Extends Life of Landfill Gas Energy Projects

ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. announced an initiative to extend the life of landfill gas energy projects. Biomass gasification can extend the life and value of these energy-producing assets through on-site production of gas for existing gas engines and transmission grid connections. The ZeroPoint Renewable CHP Solution produces synthesis gas that is suitable for blending with landfill gas to operate ...

Mar. 17, 2011

By ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc

Raytheon Green Lights Renewable Energy System

Raytheon Company will soon give the green light to a renewable energy solution that turns waste into electricity. Raytheon plans to power five of its North Texas facilities, in part, with electricity generated by methane gas produced as a natural byproduct of landfill decomposition. It will “turn on the renewable light” at a ceremony scheduled for ...

May 25, 2011

By Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Veolia Environnement Begins Operations at its Wisconsin Hickory Meadows Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project

Veolia Environnement North America (VENA) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to mark the commencement of operations for its new landfill gas-to-energy project (LFGTE) at the Veolia ES Hickory Meadows Landfill, located in eastern Wisconsin. State, community and business leaders gathered at the project site to recognize the environmental and economic benefits of ...

Aug. 16, 2011

By Veolia

WM expands renewable energy program to develop landfill gas-to-energy project

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 ...

Oct. 16, 2008

By Waste Management Inc.

Siemens and Southern Idaho Solid Waste Announce Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project

Siemens and Southern Idaho Solid Waste (SISW) recently announced the successful commissioning of two SGE-56HM gas engines that are providing environmentally friendly electrical power for a landfill gas-to-energy project at the Milner Butte Landfill in Burley, Idaho. Siemens' gas capture engines are helping to convert 1,000 tons of landfill waste daily into energy but SISW officials expect that ...

Oct. 3, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

California and Butte County Officials to Join Ameresco to Mark Completion of New Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC): WHAT: U.S. Congressman-Elect Doug LaMalfa and local leaders will join Ameresco executives for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to recognize the completion of construction on the 2.2 megawatt (MW) landfill gas-to-energy project at Butte County’s Neal Road landfill. The only one-of-its- kind north of Sacramento, the facility will collect methane gas ...

Nov. 28, 2012

By Ameresco, Inc.

California and Butte County Officials to Join Ameresco to Mark Completion of New Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC): WHAT: U.S. Congressman-Elect Doug LaMalfa and local leaders will join Ameresco executives for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to recognize the completion of construction on the 2.2 megawatt (MW) landfill gas-to-energy project at Butte County’s Neal Road landfill. The only one-of-its- kind north of Sacramento, the facility will collect methane gas ...

Dec. 5, 2012

By Ameresco, Inc.

Blue Sphere Receives Approval From The Government of Ghana for Implementation of the First of its Landfill Gas-to-Energy Projects in Africa!

Blue Sphere Corp. (OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or "Blue Sphere"), a company in the Cleantech sector as a waste-to-energy and clean energy project integrator, is pleased to announce that it received earlier this week approval from the Government of Ghana for implementation of its first African landfill gas-to-energy project at the Oti Sanitary Landfill in Ghana. The Oti project is to be the ...

Dec. 7, 2012

By Blue Sphere Corporation

Clarke Energy wins Growth Award

Clarke Energy’s Irish operations have won a growth award in recognition of delivering the best regional growth performance within Europe for GE’s Jenbacher product. John Curley stated: ‘We are delighted to win this award which demonstrates that, although there have been recent challenging times in Ireland, there is still a drive to invest in quality equipment for the generation ...

Dec. 5, 2013

By Clarke Energy

Element Markets Welcomes Scott O’Neill as Senior Vice President of Operations

Element Markets is pleased to announce the hiring of Scott O’Neill as Senior Vice President of Operations. O’Neill will lead the company’s best-in-class renewable natural gas (RNG) operations and compliance teams. Scott brings 25 years of expertise to Element Markets across a number of segments of the RNG industry, including project development, regulatory policy, methane ...

Aug. 17, 2020

By Element Markets LLC

GE’s Jenbacher Gas Engine Technology Helps averda Launch Lebanon’s New Clean Energy Project

GE’s ecomagination Qualified Jenbacher Gas Engine Assists in Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project Operated by averda On-Site Power Generated by GE’s Gas Engine to Enable Upgrading the Environmental Performance of Landfill Landmark Project to be Model in Addressing Lebanon’s Environmental Sustainability Practices In an ambitious renewable energy initiative that can potentially ...

Jul. 15, 2013

By General Electric

WM expands renewable energy program

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 ...

Oct. 6, 2008

By Waste Management Inc.

Combined Heat and Power in Ireland

The cogeneration of electricity and heat is referred to as combined heat and power (CHP). CHP is highly fuel efficient as over 90% of the energy contained within the fuel can be converted into useful power. A consumer of electricity and heat normally has two main choices for their power needs. Their first option is to buy the electricity from the national power grid and gas from the gas ...

Oct. 2, 2013

By Clarke Energy

Republic Services Caps Atlanta Landfill with Flexible Solar Cover

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) today cemented its leadership in landfill energy production with the dedication of a solar energy cover on its closed Hickory Ridge landfill near Atlanta. The innovative flexible solar cover technology that increases renewable energy output at landfills will generate 1 megawatt (MW) of electricity and meet the needs of 224 homes. The 45-acre closure system, ...

Oct. 4, 2011

By Republic Services, Inc.

Georgia’s Largest Landfill Gas to Electricity Project Opens in Taylor County

Energy Development, Limited (ASX ENE), parent company of Nashville based Energy Developments, Inc. (EDI), Green Power EMC and Veolia ES Solid Waste, Inc. today announced the completion of the expansion of EDI’s Landfill Gas to Electricity plant located on Veolia’s Taylor County Landfill in Mauk, Georgia. Renewable power generated from this facility ...

Jun. 27, 2012

By Veolia North America, Industrial Business

GE Marks MENA Launch of New Distributed Power Business at ecomagination Center in Abu Dhabi

Distributed Power Combines ecomagination Qualified Product Lines—Aeroderivative Gas Turbines, Jenbacher Gas Engines and Waukesha Gas Engines Business Focused on Meeting Demand for on-Site Power Systems That are Easier to Finance, Faster to Install and More Efficient GE Has Deployed Distributed Power Solutions for Key Projects for Oil and Gas Majors and Heavy Industries in the MENA ...

Mar. 23, 2014

By General Electric

Cities can take the lead in renewable energy and show national governments the way

“Leaders of cities and towns around the world who support and promote local renewable energy projects can blaze the trail towards greenhouse gas mitigation, energy security, sustainable development and social benefits for their citizens,“ said Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) today in Paris. Launching the Agency’s new publication Cities, Towns and ...

Dec. 8, 2009

By International Energy Agency

U.S. Navy`s First Net Zero Energy Military Base

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) has awarded a $170 million, 23-year energy savings performance contract to Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, for an energy conservation and distributed generation project that will enable the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Ga., to reduce energy use, increase energy security, and meet energy demands from renewable ...

Oct. 28, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer