LFG Energy Project Profiles

Approximately 445 landfill gas energy projects are currently in operation in the United States. Creative use of landfill gas includes heating greenhouses, producing electricity and heat in cogeneration applications, firing brick kilns, supplying high-BTU pipeline quality gas, fueling garbage trucks, and providing fuel to chemical and automobile manufacturing. Projects range from small-scale community-driven initiatives to multi-million dollar private investments.

More and more private and governmental organizations are realizing the environmental and economic benefits of using landfill gas. Look Who's Using Landfill Gas (PDF, 1 p., 91 KB) shows some of the organizations currently using landfill gas in their operations. Also, corporate and government leaders tout the environmental and economic benefits (MS Word, 1 p., 22 KB) of landfill gas energy projects. Use the list below to find out more about some of the currently operational projects in the United States.

LFG Energy Project Profiles
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Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation Ethanol Production	Boiler (steam for ethanol production)	Kansas
Acme Landfill's LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	California
Ajinomoto USA LFG Energy Project	Boiler (co-fired with natural gas)	North Carolina
Akron, OH WWTP LFG Energy Project	Direct Thermal	Ohio
Alachua County-Gainesville Regional Utilities	Reciprocating Engine (three Caterpillar 3516 Lean Burn engines)	Florida
Alameda Power & Telecom and Palo Alto Landfill Gas Energy Project	Reciprocating Engine (three GE-Jenbacher 1,060 kW engines)	California
Allen County Infrared Heaters	Direct Thermal (infrared heaters in maintenance facility)	Kansas
Antioch Community High School	Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration) (twelve Capstone 30-kW units)	Illinois
Berman Road Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Florida
Bluestem LFG Energy Project	Direct Thermal	Iowa
BMW Manufacturing Landfill Gas Energy Projects	Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration) and Direct Thermal (23 paint shop oven burners and indirect heating of paint shop)	South Carolina
Brown Station Road On-Site Electrical Generation Project	Reciprocating Engine	Maryland
Buncombe County Sludge Drying Project	Direct Thermal (sludge dryer at wastewater treatment plant) and Reciprocating Engine (one Waukesha 450-kW engine)	North Carolina
California Almond Growers Exchange LFG Energy Project	Boiler	California
Cargill North Carolina Landfill Gas Energy Project	Boiler and Direct Thermal (process heater)	North Carolina
Catawba County Landfill Gas Energy Project	Reciprocating Engine	North Carolina
Centralia Landfill Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Washington
Cherokee Brick & Tile LFG Energy Kiln Project	Direct Thermal (brick kilns)	Georgia
Cherokee Run, OH Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Ohio
Chrysler Landfill Gas Energy Project	Boiler	Missouri
Ciba Specialty Chemical LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	Virginia
City of Brownood, TX Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Texas
City of Dallas-Oncor High Btu Project	High Btu	Texas
City of Fargo and Cargill LFG Energy Project	Boiler	North Dakota
City of Fort Smith High Btu Project	High Btu	Arkansas
City of Glendale Direct-Use Project	Boiler/Steam Turbine	California
Clay Mining LFG Application	Direct Thermal (flash drying step used in the processing of mined clay)	Georgia
Cone Mills LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler (co-fired with natural gas or fuel oil)	North Carolina
Dairyland LFG Energy Project	Reciprocating Engine (three Waukesha "Modulator" engines rated at 1,025 kW each and one GE-Jenbacher 320 engine rated at 1,057 kW)	Wisconsin
DeKalb County and Georgia Power Landfill Gas Energy Project	Reciprocating Engine (two Caterpillar 3520 engines)	Georgia
Delaware Solid Waste Authority Cherry Island Landfill Gas Energy Project	Boiler/Steam Turbine	Delaware
Denton, Texas Hybrid LFG Recovery Project (Biodiesel)	Boiler (production of biodiesel)	Texas
Dominion East Ohio Gas Medium Btu Landfill Gas	Medium Btu (directly injecting unprocessed landfill gas into a natural gas reserve)	Ohio
Duke Energy High Btu LFG Energy Project	High Btu	Ohio
DuPont - Mississippi LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	Mississippi
Earthmovers, IN Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Indiana
East Baton Rouge Parish LFG Energy Project	Boiler	Louisiana
East Kentucky Power Co-op Green Power Program	Reciprocating Engine (four)	Kentucky
Elk City Station	Reciprocating Engine (eight Caterpillar 3516 engines)	Nebraska
EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center	Boiler and Direct Thermal (furnaces and kilns)	North Carolina
Evergreen - Sunoco Direct-Use Project	Direct Thermal	Ohio
Evergreen - Walbridge Coatings Boiler Project	Boiler	Ohio
Fauquier County LFG Energy Project	Reciprocating Engine (two Waukesha VHP5904LTD generator sets)	Virginia
Fighting Creek Farm Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Idaho
Fitchburg-Westminster/Unitil LFG Energy Project	Steam Turbine	Massachusetts
Flathead County Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Montana
Ford Motor Company LFG Energy Project	Boiler	Michigan
Forest Lawn Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Michigan
Fred Weber-Pattonville High School Landfill Gas Recovery Project	Boiler and Direct Thermal	Missouri
Frederick County Infrared Tube Heaters	Direct Thermal (infrared tube heaters)	Virginia
Fresh Kills High Btu Project	High Btu	New York
Frito-Lay Direct-Use LFG Energy Project	Boiler	Texas
General Electric LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	Kentucky
General Motors Ft. Wayne Truck Assembly Plant	Boiler	Indiana
General Motors Lake Orion, MI Assembly Plant	Boiler	Michigan
General Motors Toledo, OH Plant	Direct Thermal	Michigan
General Motors-Louisiana LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	Louisiana
Granger Energy and Rolls-Royce	Greenhouse, Boiler, Turbine, Microturbine (Capstone 330 unit)	Indiana
Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority and PPL Energy Landfill Gas Energy Project	Reciprocating Engine (two Caterpillar engines)	Pennsylvania
Greenridge Reclamation Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Pennsylvania
Greentree High Btu Landfill Gas Energy Project	High Btu	Pennsylvania
Henderson County LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	North Carolina
Honeywell LFG Energy Project	Direct Thermal (process heater at ammonia plant)	Virginia
Horry County-Santee Cooper Green Power Program	Reciprocating Engine (three generators)	South Carolina
I-95 Landfill - Infrared Tube Heaters	Direct Thermal (infrared tube heaters)	Virginia
I-95 Landfill - WWTP Project	Direct Thermal (sludge incinerator)	Virginia
Interface & Milliken Carpet Manufacturing	Boiler and Direct Thermal (3 hot oil burners and a steam boiler for process heat conditioning equipment)	Georgia
International's Springfield Assembly Landfill Gas Energy Project	Boiler and Direct Thermal (process ovens)	Ohio
Iris Glen Landfill Gas Energy Project	Boiler and Reciprocating Engine	Tennessee
J.J Brunner, PA Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Pennsylvania
Jackson County NC Green Energy Park	Greenhouse and Direct Thermal (blacksmithing)	North Carolina
Jefferson Parish and Cytec Industries LFG Energy Project	Boiler	Louisiana
Jenkins Brick Jordan Plant Landfill Gas Energy Project	Direct Thermal (brick kilns)	Alabama
Jenkins Brick LFG Energy Project in Montgomery, AL	Direct Thermal (brick kilns)	Alabama
Kansas Pipeline High Btu Project	High Btu	Kansas
Keystone Potato LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	Pennsylvania
Lafarge Cement Kiln LFG Energy Project	Direct Thermal (cement kiln)	Missouri
Lake County - Lonza LFG Energy Project	Boiler	Ohio
Lancaster County LFG Energy Project with Turkey Hill Dairy	Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration) (two Caterpillar 3520 engines)	Pennsylvania
Lanchester Landfill Gas Energy Project	Boiler and Direct Thermal (ovens and thermal oxidizers)	Pennsylvania
Lee County Generating Station	Reciprocating Engine (three 1.8-MW engines)	South Carolina
Liberty Landfill Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Indiana
Linwood Mining LFG Energy Kiln Project	Direct Thermal (lime kilns)	Iowa
Lopez Canyon Landfill Gas Energy Project	Microturbine (50 Capstone units) and Reciprocating Engine	California
Lucent - Columbus, OH LFG Energy Project	Boiler	Ohio
Lynchburg City - Rock Tenn Paper LFG Energy Project	Boiler	Virginia
Mallinckrodt, Inc. Gas Energy Project	Boiler (mixed fuel)	North Carolina
Marathon County Fuel Pellet Production	Direct Thermal (fuel pellet production and space heating)	Wisconsin
Middlesex Generating Company	Combined Cycle Turbine (two 5-MW Solar turbine generators)	New Jersey
Missouri Pass Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Missouri
Monroeville Landfill High Btu Project	High Btu	Pennsylvania
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Direct-Use Project	Boiler	Maryland
Northern Tier Green Power	Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration) (one Caterpillar 800-kW engine)	Pennsylvania
Nucor Steel Alabama Tunnel Furnaces	Direct Thermal (tunnel furnaces and ladle preheaters to produce flat rolled carbon steel)	Alabama
Ocean Spray Cranberries Direct-Use Project	Boiler (dual-fuel capability)	Wisconsin
Olympic View Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Washington
Pen Argyl Green Knights	Gas Turbine	Pennsylvania
Pilgrim's Pride Pet Food	Direct Thermal (heat equipment for processing chickens for pet food)	Georgia
Pitt County Memorial Hospital LFG Energy Project	Boiler	North Carolina
Prince George's County Correctional Facility End-Use Project	Boiler and Reciprocating Engine	Maryland
Puente Hills Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Generation	Alternative Fuel (compressed natural gas)	California
Quail Hollow Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Tennessee
Riverbend Landfill Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Oregon
Rumble/Fort Osage Greenhouse Project	Greenhouse	Missouri
Rutgers University EcoComplex - Greenhouse	Greenhouse	New Jersey
Salt Lake Valley Landfill Gas Energy Project with Murray City Power	Reciprocating Engine (two 800 kW engines and one 1.6 MW engine)	Utah
Sauk Trail Hills, MI Leachate Evaporation	Leachate Evaporation	Michigan
Solae Direct-Use Project	Boiler	Tennessee
Southeast Landfill - Campbell Asphalt	Direct Thermal	Oklahoma
Southeast Landfill - Georgia Gulf Corp.	Boiler	Oklahoma
Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority (SECCRA) Landfill Gas Energy Project	Reciprocating Engine (one Caterpillar 3516 870-kW engine)	Pennsylvania
St. John's Landfill	Direct Thermal (lime kilns)	Oregon
Stoeffer's LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	Ohio
Stony Hollow & Pinnacle Road High Btu Project	High Btu	Ohio
Tropicana LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	Florida
Valley Landfill High Btu Project	High Btu	Pennsylvania
Valley Trail RDF Boiler Project	Boiler	Wisconsin
Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant	Gas Turbine (two Solar Taurus 60 gas turbines with heat recovery)	Texas
Wayne Township Landfill Gas Energy Project for Jersey Shore Steel	Direct Thermal (process furnace)	Pennsylvania
Wheelabrator Ridge Energy Co-Fired LFG Energy Project	Direct Thermal (wood/waste tire incineration)	Florida
Woodbine Development Center LFG Energy Project	Boiler	New Jersey
Wyandotte County Infrared Space Heaters	Direct Thermal (8 infrared space heaters)	Kansas
Zeeland Farm Soya LFG Energy Boiler Project	Boiler	Michigan

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