Landfill Methane Outreach Program
15th Annual LMOP Conference and Project Expo
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The Annual LMOP Conference and Project Expo was one of the most anticipated conferences of the year! For this year's conference we were thrilled to return to the Hilton Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendees learned about the latest projects, technologies and financial incentives; once again, the conference included technical presentations, exhibits, and a Project Expo. Listed below are the panels held at the conference and the speakers who presented.
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Welcome and Conference Overview (PDF) (16 pp, 4M)
Swarupa Ganguli, Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Keynote Address (PDF) (35 pp, 16M)
David H. Mauney IV, Energy Developments, Inc.
Session 1: What’s New in ’11 – Direct Use, High BTU
- Hospital Beneficial Use of LFG- Rockingham County, VA (PDF) (9 pp, 177K)
Darrin Dillah, SCS Engineers
Warren Heidt, Director of Public Works, Rockingham County - New Beneficial Use of LFG - Animal Incinerator (PDF) (22 pp, 8M)
Tom Smith and Sadhu Sandhu, Prince William County - High BTU and the Billings Montana Landfill (PDF) (21 pp, 1.7M)
Michael Mitariten, Guild Associates Inc. - DeKalb County LFG to RNG and Utilizing it for CNG Fuel in Solid Waste Vehicles (PDF) (17 pp, 1.9M)
Billy Malone, DeKalb County
Session 2: What’s New in ’11- Electricity
- Integrated Utility Improvement Project Gas to Energy Plant and Compressor Building (PDF) (27 pp, 5M)
Douglas G. Tholo, HR Green - Mississippi’s First Landfill Gas to Electric Power Development- How a Public Entity Took Control and Made it Happen, A Lesson in Self Development (PDF) (16 pp, 949K)
Jimmy Sloan, Golden Triangle Regional Solid Waste Management Authority - Equipment Considerations for LFG Gensets, Determining the Total Cost of Ownership (PDF) (24 pp, 580K)
Mauricio A. Lopez and Ben Mathews, Caterpillar Electric Power-Gas
Lunch
- 2011 LMOP Partner and Project of the Year Awards Luncheon (PDF) (14 pp, 1.8M)
- EPA Recognizes Partners for Excellence in Landfill Gas Energy
Session 3: Financing and Market Outlook
- Wholesale Power Markets, Risks and Rewards of Merchant Generation (PDF) (23 pp, 528K)
Gabriel Phillips, CEO of GP Renewables & Trading - The Changing Landscape of Methane: Where Are Natural Gas Prices Headed (PDF) (36 pp, 7M)
David M. Tucker, Atmos Energy - Tax and Non-Tax Incentives for Landfill Gas to Energy Projects (PDF) (18 pp, 792K)
Laura Jones, Hunton and Williams - IFC Mechanisms for Participating in and Mobilizing Capital for the Solid Waste Sector in Emerging Markets (PDF) (23 pp, 2M)
Jim Michelsen, International Finance Corporation
Session 4: Overcoming Technical and Regulatory Challenges
- Hydrogen Sulfide Remediation at King George County Landfill, King George, VA (PDF) (25 pp, 2M)
William Tennant, Waste Management - Real Time Siloxane Measurements at Landfill and Digester Sites Using FTIR (PDF) (14 pp, 383K)
Barbara Marshik, MKS Instruments - Regulatory Compliance and Your Landfill Gas to Energy Project (PDF) (22 pp, 1.3M)
Keith A. Johnson, BAS 15Johnson
Session 5: Small Scale LFGE
- Small LFG-to-Pipeline as an Economic Development Driver in Rural Virginia (PDF) (17 pp, 2.2M)
Ed Rogers, Clean Energy Research & Development Center - EnergyXchange: The World’s First Small-Scale Art and Horticulture Based LFG Project: Still in Business After 12 Years (PDF) (32 pp, 4M)
Chad Leatherwood, SCS Engineers - Facilitating Community Based LFG Statewide: 6 Years, 14 Counties, and 10 Projects (PDF) (18 pp, 1.3M)
Jason W. Hoyle, Appalachian Energy Center
Session 6a: Round Robin of Technical Issues #1
- Evaluating Landfill Gas Collection Efficiency Uncertainty (PDF) (22 pp, 1.7M)
H.R. Amini and D.R. Reinhart, University of Central Florida - CALMIM: A Field-Validated Model for Annual Site-Specific Landfill Methane Emissions (PDF) (15 pp, 1M)
Meg Corcoran, University of Illinois - Challenges and Opportunities of Biomethane for Pipeline Injection in California "A Utility Perspective" (PDF) (22 pp, 1.2M)
Valentino M. Tiangco, Ph.D., SMUD
Session 6b: Round Robin of Technical Issues #2
- Increasing LFG Collection Rates Using Gas Well Dewatering Systems- Lessons Learned (PDF) (21 pp, 1.1M)
David Kaminski, QED - Converting LFGTE Projects to Combined Heat and Power Cycles (PDF) (21 pp, 2M)
Terry Beasy, Heartland Technology Partners, LLC - LMOP Locator Training (PDF) (7 pp, 732K)
Amy Alexander, ERG
Session 7: Financial Engineering's the Key: How a Long-Term Energy Sale Agreement and Bond Offering Transformed the McCommas Bluff LFGE Project. Three Perspectives on One Project
- Doug Lamb, McGuire Woods, (PDF) (11 pp, 71K)
- Evan Williams, Cambrian Energy (PDF) (43 pp, 6M)
- Lawrence N. Tonomura, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (PDF) (19 pp, 350K)
Session 8: Where are They Now?
- Integrating Co-Generation for Renewable Fuel Production at the Catawba County North Carolina EcoComplex (PDF) (24 pp, 5M)
Jeffrey E. Ramsdell, Jeremy Ferrell, and Zack Hobbs, Appalachian State University - Lessons Learned in Developing and Operating a Small LFG to BioCNG Vehicle Fuel Project (PDF) (21 pp, 2.5M)
Mark Torresani, Cornerstone - Follow Up on Keene, NH LFG Project (PDF) (17 pp, 1.8M)
David E. Adams, Sanborn Head