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



LocationWayne, Michigan
End User(s)Ford Motor Company
Sector(s)Auto manufacturing
Landfill(s)Woodland Meadows Landfills - North, South, and Van Buren
Landfill Size2.94, 6.3, and 13.8 million tons waste-in-place (2003, 2003, and 2002), respectively
Project TypeBoiler
Project Size1,389 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
Environmental BenefitsCarbon sequestered annually by 3,900 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 3,200 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 40,300 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 4,500 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0047 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
LMOP Partners InvolvedAmeresco, Inc., Waste Management, Inc.

Last Updated: 8/18/2008


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