landfill gas generation News

GE’s Distributed Power Teams with Clarke Energy to Help Biffa Modernize U.K. Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plants

GE Power & Water’s Distributed Power business (NYSE: GE) today (May 5, 2014) announced Clarke Energy, GE’s authorized Jenbacher gas engine distributor for the United Kingdom, has been selected to supply U.K. waste management company Biffawith eight of GE’s Jenbacher landfill gas engines as part of a modernization of several landfill gas-to-energy (LFGE) plants across the ...

May 5, 2014

By Clarke Energy

Green-e energy certifies Austin energy`s greenchoice program

Center for Resource Solutions announced today that Austin, TX–based Austin Energy's market-leading green-pricing program GreenChoice® is now Green-e® Energy Certified. In December 2009, GreenChoice led the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's "Top Ten Utility Green Power Programs" list for renewable energy sales for the eighth year in a row. GreenChoice is sourced from wind and ...

Jan. 6, 2011

By 3BL Media

First LFG power generation unit in IRAN

The first landfill gas (LFG) power generation station in Iran oficially commissioned in July 2009. This plant is located in old landfill site of Mashhad, the second largest city in Iran. This plant has 640kW nominal power capacity supplying by two engine sets. The power generation plant has been totally implemented by Pishgaman Sanat & Niroo Co. Ltd as an EPC contractor. The web-page of this ...

Oct. 8, 2009

By NRI (Niroo Research Institute)

Biffa to sell off landfill gas business

Privately-owned waste management firm Biffa, is seeking a buyer to purchase its business which generates electricity from landfill gas for £350 million, according to media reports. The Financial Times said that those familiar with Biffa believe the money from the sale will be used to finance the construction of new cutting-edge waste facilities in the UK. According to the FT, industry news ...

Mar. 8, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

GE’s Distributed Power Teams with Clarke Energy to Help Biffa Modernize UK Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plants

Biffa to Replace Older Generators with GE’s More Efficient Jenbacher Landfill Gas Engines Clarke Energy to Install GE’s Jenbacher Gas Engines at Several Landfills across United Kingdom New Units Will Produce a Total of 8.5 MW of Renewable Energy, Enough for 20,000 Homes GE Power & Water’s Distributed Power business (NYSE: GE) today announced Clarke Energy, GE’s ...

May 6, 2014

By General Electric

Landfill gas set to generate income for the Scottish Borders

A renewable energy project by Scottish Borders Council will create enough green electricity to power more than 1,000 homes, while cutting annual carbon emissions by the equivalent of around 30,000 tonnes. The project, at Easter Langlee Waste Disposal site near Galashiels, Scotland, takes away the local authority’s burden of controlling and disposing of methane. The landfill gas scheme is funded ...

Aug. 20, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Sonelgaz CEO, visits Calvert Landfill Gas Power Plant

As part of a programme meeting organised by the British Embassy in Algiers, a delegation chaired by Noureddine Boutarfa and composed of seven executive members from Sonelgaz was able to visit Calvert landfill gas power plant built by Clarke Energy at the Calvert Landfill in Northamptonshire. The plant is owned and operated by Infinis, a portfolio business of Terra Firma. Sonelgaz ...

Jul. 18, 2012

By Clarke Energy

Republic Services and Clean Energy Sign Renewable Biomethane Recovery Agreement at Republic’s Sauk Trail Hills Landfill

Gas Output Is Expected to Equate to 6 Million Diesel Gallon Equivalents Annually PHOENIX - Leading solid waste operator Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) has signed a renewable biomethane recovery agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) to process and sell renewable natural gas recovered from Republic’s Sauk Trail Hills Landfill site in Canton, Michigan. Clean Energy will ...

Nov. 8, 2010

By Republic Services, Inc.

Impacts from Latest EPA Proposals to Reduce Landfill Gas Emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued proposals designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that would require more than 100 municipal solid waste landfills to install systems to collect and control landfill gas. While the EPA seems confident in the positive environmental benefits of the new standards, it has comparatively little to say about the economic impacts on landfill ...

Sep. 30, 2015

By Agru America, Inc.

Flex OC Renewables, a FlexEnergy Subsidiary, Signs Agreement To Install and Operate Santiago Canyon Methane To Energy Project in Orange County, CA

Project to Use Environmentally Advanced Flex Powerstation™ FP250 Turbines; Provides an Energy Solution by Generating Power from Methane at Closed Landfill SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors approved, by a 5-0 unanimous vote, a binding agreement with Flex OC Renewables, a subsidiary of FlexEnergy Inc ...

Jan. 3, 2012

By Flex Energy Solutions

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

Schneider Electric to Help Enable Energy Resiliency at USMC Logisitics Base

Schneider Electric recently announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., to support the development of smart controls as part of an energy savings performance contract at the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia. Energy security and resiliency is a priority for military installations tasked with keeping personnel safe through ...

Mar. 15, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

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

North Carolina’s renewable energy production initiatives get a boost from GE

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 ...

Dec. 17, 2009

By General Electric

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

GE Enables Mississippi’s First Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Project to Support Region’s Grid

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 ...

Oct. 11, 2011

By General Electric

Bord na Móna’s Drehid Landfill Gas Power Plant Officially Opened

Following Clarke Energy announcing the award of the contract for Bord na Móna’s Drehidlandfill gas power plant the facility was officially opened on the 7th April 2014. The Irish Minister of Communication, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, was there to formally inaugurate the project at the landfill site. The Irish Drehid landfill facility opened in 2008 to manage up to ...

Apr. 8, 2014

By Clarke Energy

Ballard Sells 1-Megawatt Distributed Generation System to Toyota For California Campus Facility

Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) today announced an agreement to deploy a one-megawatt fuel cell generator that will provide peak electrical power and heat at the Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) sales and marketing headquarters campus in Torrance, California. Michael Goldstein, Ballard's Chief Commercial Officer said, "This agreement with Toyota for our CLEARgen(TM) system ...

Apr. 28, 2011

By Ballard Power Systems Inc.

The Potential for Biogas in Africa

When thinking about renewable energy it’s common to think of wind power and solar. However there is massive potential in Africa for the utilisation of renewable gas for power generation. Some naturally occurring microbes are able to break down organic material in the absence of oxygen to produce different types of biologically created gas – ‘biogas’ that consists primarily ...

Jul. 22, 2015

By Clarke Energy

BC hydro launches standing offer program

BC Hydro is implementing a Standing Offer Program to encourage the development of small and clean energy projects throughout British Columbia. The Program is a process to purchase energy from small projects with a nameplate capacity greater than 0.05 megawatts but not more than 10 megawatts. The intent of this Standing Offer Program is to allow small power producers to join the grid whenever ...

Apr. 17, 2008

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