Landfills Testimonials
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Gas-to-energy Plant Converts 95% of Methane Gas to Power
Enerdyne Power Systems is one of the most experienced landfill gas-to-energy developers on the East Coast. Municipalities and landfill management companies that partner with Enerdyne do so to be proactive within the community in terms of reducing harmful landfill gas emissions.
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Cat System Turns Landfill Gas Into Electricity
The transformation of domestic waste into a valuable commercial product is a necessity today. The power plant project is expected to improve methane gas ventilation at the landfill site, while providing an environmentally friendly fuel source to generate electricity. The power plant has resulted in social ecological and economic benefits for the customer.
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Collecting Tomorrow’s Energy
Granger Energy Services was the first company in Michigan to make practical use of landfill gas for renewable energy production. They use methane gas to produce highly reliable, base-load power. With four Cat® G3520C gensets, Granger is able to produce annual energy savings equating to heat for more than 34,500 homes, and enough electricity to power more than 3,800 homes. And Cat ET software monitors every aspect of generator set operation.
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Cat generator sets use biogas to power over 7,000 homes
“We are using the energy from the engine to heat the building, and also to heat the leachate,” said Turcotte. “At this point, we are recovering only 13 percent of the waste heat, so when it makes sense to expand, we’ll be looking to Hewitt for a combined heat and power solution to improve efficiency.”
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Homestead Green Energy Biomass Facility
Based in Plymouth, Indiana, Homestead Dairy has 1,800 milking cows and 1,700 cows come in from three nearby facilities for milking. Continued success increased cow manure and the odor was directly impacting the nearby residents. They decided to build a biomass waste-to-energy facility to convert the manure into electric power and Homestead Dairy partnered with local Cat dealer, Michigan Cat, to customize a green energy power generation system.
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Landfill Gas as a Renewable Fuel Source
Hangzhou Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Company Ltd. operates multiple landfills in Hangzhou, China. The two landfill power plants currently export approximately 4 MW of electricity back to the local grid, enough to power 20,000 average Chinese homes. Through Customer Support Agreements with the developers, Cat dealer Lei Shing Hong has kept the generators running smoothly, helping contribute to the increased reliability of the local power grid.
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