See on Scoop.it – Green Energy Technologies & Development
Lycoming County was one of seven places in the country to receive the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s award for excellence in landfill gas energy projects for 2012.
Yaw, who was present at Thursday’s presentation at the commissioners’ meeting, said he frequently became frustrated when driving by the landfill and seeing excess methane being flared off.
“We’re utilizing all of the landfill methane (now). We’re not flaring anything,” said Tucker.
The county’s waste gas-to-energy project produces enough electricity to power 4,000 homes a year and has the equivalent reduction of 80,000 barrels of oil a year, according to PPL Renewable Energy.
Donna Zickefoose, Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex warden, said the local institution is the first federal prison to be involved in such a project. She said it will save the prison $5 million during the next decade.
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Not just that it produces useful energy, but more important reduces the amount of methane released. One of the toughest greenhouse gasses. Most garbage methane is just released not even flared.
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Your eye is squarely on the ball Harold. Capturing a pollutant at source before it can damage the environment and convert it into a resource provides multiple benefits. These types of conversion projects when successful have short payback periods, provide construction jobs and long term employment, and provide revenue for municipalities & infrastructure.
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