2:21 am on Wednesday March 23, 2011
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
Berkeley landfill's methane project nears completion (update: done, with revenue gravy)
Image by Flickr user London Permaculture
Update March 23: After a couple of years of work, the first methane capture-burn power facility is online in the Lowcounty.
At the tail end is energy for 1,500 homes and some $750,000 a year for Berkeley County.
The Post and Courier has a nice update (and photo of the generator); get them here.
First reporting August 17, 2009: Work is progressing on a new methane extraction system at the Berkeley County landfill, and the county is working on a pair of contracts that could bring in a cool $1 million a year.
Hop over to The Post and Courier to see what's going on.
In all the system is expected to draw the equivalent of some 3 million gallons of gas a year.
- Read more stories on this subject in our methane topic page.
