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



LocationGreensboro, North Carolina
End User(s)Cone Mills
Sector(s)Industrial (textiles)
Landfill(s)City of Greensboro Landfill
Landfill Size7.62 million tons waste-in-place
Project TypeBoiler (co-fired with natural gas or fuel oil)
Project Size2,083 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
Environmental BenefitsCarbon sequestered annually by 5,900 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 4,800 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 60,400 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 6,800 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0071 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
LMOP Partners InvolvedCES-LANDTEC, Coen Company, Duke Solutions, LFG Specialties, L.L.C.

Last Updated: 8/18/2008


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