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Photo collage of landfill gas collection systems, landfill methane utilization options (i.e., greenhouses, electricity), and the LMOP logoGeneral Motors Lake Orion, MI Assembly Plant

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LocationLake Orion, Michigan
End User(s)General Motors Corporation
Sector(s)Auto manufacturing
Landfill(s)Oakland Heights Development and Eagle Valley Landfill
Landfill Size3 and 5.7 million tons waste-in-place (1999 and 2002), respectively
Project TypeBoiler
Project Size1,500 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
Environmental BenefitsCarbon sequestered annually by 22,300 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 18,000 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 228,200 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 4,900 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0268 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
LMOP Partners InvolvedAllied Waste Services, General Motors Corporation, Toro Energy, Inc., Waste Management, Inc.

Last Updated: 8/18/2008


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