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Photo collage of landfill gas collection systems, landfill methane utilization options (i.e., greenhouses, electricity), and the LMOP logoHenderson County LFG Energy Boiler Project



LocationHendersonville, North Carolina
End User(s)Clement-Pappas
Sector(s)Food products
Landfill(s)Henderson County Landfill
Landfill Size2.1 million tons waste-in-place (1998)
Project TypeBoiler
Project Size569 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
Environmental BenefitsCarbon sequestered annually by 15,300 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 12,300 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 156,700 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 1,900 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0184 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
LMOP Partners InvolvedEnerdyne Power Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 8/18/2008


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