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Photo collage of landfill gas collection systems, landfill methane utilization options (i.e., greenhouses, electricity), and the LMOP logoLee County Generating Station

LMOP Award Winner imageSelf Developed (absence of third party developer) image

LocationBishopville, South Carolina
End User(s)Santee Cooper
Sector(s)Utility
Landfill(s)Lee County Landfill
Landfill Size3.67 million tons waste-in-place (2001)
Project TypeReciprocating Engine (three 1.8-MW engines)
Project Size5.4 megawatts (MW)
Environmental BenefitsCarbon sequestered annually by 6,100 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 4,900 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 62,400 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to powering 3,400 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0073 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
LMOP Partners InvolvedAllied Waste Services, GE Energy - Jenbacher Gas Engines, Santee Cooper
Photo of engine installation at the Lee County LFGE generating station in South Carolina.

This 2005 LMOP Project of the Year is Santee Cooper’s second green power generating facility. Santee Cooper was the first electric utility in the state to offer green power to its customers. Now, their customers in a three-county area, as well as three-fourths of the state’s electric cooperatives, have the option to purchase green power.

Green power is offered to residential customers in blocks of 100-kilowatt-hours (kWh) each. Because it costs more to produce green power than by conventional means, a $3 premium is charged on a customer’s electric bill. Commercial customers are offered green power in blocks of 200-kWh each for a $6 premium.

The project’s highlights include the following:

  • Three 1.8-MW GE Jenbacher engines, fueled by methane, generate electricity.
  • Lee County plant expected to grow to 12 units, producing 21.6 MW by 2010.
  • Santee Cooper expects to have 54 MW of green power online by 2012.
Allied Waste is concerned about our environment and this project with Santee Cooper represents a way we can take something we have here and turn it into something very positive for everyone. —Jim Zieche, District Manager, Allied Waste Services

Last Updated: 8/18/2008


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