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BMW Landfill Gas Energy Project
 BMW wants to do whatever it can to make Upstate South Carolina a better place to live. This LFG energy project allows BMW to take a wasted source of energy and use it to generate electricity, which benefits the environment and area residents through lower emissions.
— Dr. Helmut Leube, President, BMW Manufacturing Corp.
— LFG Energy Project Profile
This is a win-win for everyone. It yields significant amounts of clean energy. And, by avoiding 55,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year, it results in cleaner, healthier air for everyone to breathe.
— Christie Todd Whitman, former EPA Administrator
Cogeneration is used at many of BMW's worldwide facilities. We are pleased to add a 'Green Power' component by using this renewable energy source. We strive to be a good environmental partner with the community by simultaneously improving energy utilization and regional air quality.
— Gary Weinreich, BMW's Manager for Environmental Services
We are very excited to support BMW in meeting its energy and environmental goals through this renewable energy project. This project means cleaner air, a healthier environment and a better community for all.
— George Sakellaris, Ameresco president and CEO
Landfill gas represents an important source of renewable energy. Waste Management was a pioneer in landfill gas recovery and reuse programs, and our affiliation with BMW and Ameresco on this project is more evidence of how harnessing this resource for energy can help the environment and provide a valuable fuel. Our commitment to capturing and using landfill gas has helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our landfills by 50 percent. Primarily as a result of our methane gas recovery projects, Waste Management has become one of the largest private holders of greenhouse gas emissions reduction credits in the U.S.
— Barry Caldwell, Waste Management senior vice president of Government Affairs and
Corporate Communications
Cargill Uses Landfill Gas to Fuel North Dakota Plant
Now, our primary burner can burn methane gas and natural gas in any combination, and the remaining boilers can burn natural gas or fuel oil. As we make our final adjustments, our intent is to burn as much methane as we can, and supplement with natural gas only as needed.
— Cargill, Fargo partner on gas pipeline project
Cargill is constantly seeking new ways to operate plants in a more efficient and environmentally sound manner. When we figured out a way to convert landfill gas into a useable energy source, we worked closely with city officials to help turn a promising idea into reality.
— Cargill West Fargo Facility Manager Tom Katalinich
Not only does the pipeline help reduce landfill odor emissions, but it generates revenue for the city from a waste product. This is an example of industry and government partnering to address a major problem with an innovative solution.
— Bruce Grubb, Director of the City of Fargo's Enterprise Department
Chrysler Taps Landfill Gas to Power Plant; Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cuts Costs
DaimlerChrysler took a progressive environmental attitude in moving forward with the LFG energy project, and is now realizing significant cost savings as well as environmental benefits.
— Denis Hagedorn, Chief Power House Engineer, Chrysler’s Missouri Assembly Plant
— LFG Energy Project Profile
This is the way to make environmental protection work...We are reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and cutting emissions from one of the primary sources of greenhouse gases, at the same time we are reducing costs for the company and our shareholders. That is sustainable environmental protection.
— James J. Lyijynen, Vice President, Stationary Environmental and Energy for Chrysler
EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center
The efforts of EnergyXchange have done much for the landfill gas energy field: proven that landfill gas energy projects at small landfills can be beneficial; shown the power of partnerships; drawn nationwide attention to landfill gas energy; spawned development in neighboring areas; and become a model for other projects.
— Stan Steury, Project Coordinator, Blue Ridge Resource Conservation & Development Council
— LFG Energy Project Profile
General Motors
To build cars, you need a lot of power...One of the things we're trying to do is continue to build quality vehicles while lessening the impact on the environment. This system we put into place is ecologically sound. It's a clean-burning fuel and makes a perfect power source for the plant's boilers..It's reduced our dependence on coal.
— Michael Schafran, Environmental Engineer, GM Orion Assembly Plant
We're proud to be doing this...It's simply more efficient. We are recycling old waste rather than burning more fossil fuels.
— Bob McConkie, Powerhouse Manager, GM Orion Assembly Plant
Landfill gas is a clean-burning fuel and makes a perfect power source for the plant’s boilers.
— Dave Shenefield, Site Utilities Manager, General Motors Fort Wayne Assembly Plant
— LFG Energy Project Profile
Methane Gas from Local Landfill Used to Heat AT&T Plant in Ohio
The positive environmental impact of this project will be enormous. It will greatly reduce methane gas emissions at the landfill, thus mitigating the potential 'greenhouse effect' of that gas. It will save us energy costs, and it will contribute to AT&T's overall environmental program.
— Bill Robinson, manufacturing vice president of AT&T's Columbus facility
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Makes Energy History
Understanding and protecting our home planet is one of NASA's key missions. NASA monitors and studies our planet from our unique vantage point in space, and our Earth Sciences Enterprise also looks for ways to improve the quality of life on Earth. This project directly benefits the Earth by removing a significant amount of methane, a greenhouse gas, from the environment. We use this energy, virtually pollution-free, for power. Hopefully, projects like these will demonstrate the clean, efficient, cost-effective use of renewable sources of energy.
— Sean O'Keefe, former NASA Administrator
It is very encouraging that a large federal institution like NASA is using a local landfill as a source of renewable energy. This project at Goddard Space Flight Center demonstrates how the federal government can lead the way in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and utilizing alternative energy sources. These efforts should be applauded.
— Christie Todd Whitman, former EPA Administrator
The environmental benefits are huge. We are reducing emissions equivalent to taking 35,000 cars off the road per year or planting 47,000 acres of trees.
— Barry Green, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Energy Manager
Onyx Waste Services
We are proud to have been recognized by the EPA for our efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA's partnership program is economically and environmentally beneficial for everyone, and we are honored to be a part of it.
— G.W. "Bill" Dietrich, Onyx North America's CEO
SC Johnson Cogeneration System Will Cut Air Emissions and Reduce Use of Fossil Fuels
The greenhouse gases we save through this LFG energy project will be equivalent to keeping 3,200 cars off the road per year. That’s right for SCJ, our community and our planet today – and even more important, it’s right for the generations of tomorrow.
— Dr. H. Fisk Johnson, Chairman of SC Johnson
SC Johnson's commitment to the environment and renewable energy development [LFGE project] reflects the values and innovative spirit of people in Southern Wisconsin. Their leadership also demonstrates that environmental stewardship can play a critical role in reducing the cost of doing business, which helps keep and create more jobs in today's economy.
— U.S. Representative Paul Ryan (WI-01)
Waste Management, Inc. and Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) Celebrate Opening of Nebraska's First Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility
We believe that partnering with business, industry and public utilities like OPPD is critical to meeting the power needs of communities across North America. These kinds of partnerships will lead the way for other businesses, industries and public utilities as we demonstrate that working together to find innovative solutions is a viable and resourceful way to meet the energy needs of the future.
— A. Maurice Myers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Waste
Management, Inc.
Public power has a special responsibility to be a technology leader and to pursue what is in the best interest of customers... Bringing the Elk City Station online places OPPD in the lead among Nebraska's utilities in the total amount of renewable energy generated.
— Former Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns
OPPD is harnessing wind power and landfill gas in a Green Energy Program that will, once it's fully developed, produce more renewable energy than all other utilities in Nebraska combined.
— Fred Petersen, President and Chief Executive Officer of OPPD
The objective of the district and its board has been to provide additional renewable energy to our customers in a way that is increasingly efficient and economical. The landfill gas facility has been very productive in a very short time in accomplishing that.
— Fred Petersen, President and Chief Executive Officer of OPPD
General
Another real success that proves the value of voluntary programs is EPA’s effort to reduce methane emissions. Through these programs, which include the Landfill Methane Outreach Program, methane emissions today are actually 5% lower than they were in 1990.
— Christine Todd Whitman, former EPA Administrator
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