What are the Benefits of Using Landfill Gas to Generate Electricity?
Using landfill gas as a fuel has a double environmental benefit. First, it recycles a material that would otherwise be burned as a waste and, second, it reduces the amount of energy that must be generated from fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Using landfill gas instead of fossil fuel to generate electricity: • preserves the world’s natural resources of fossil fuel, • reduces the environmental impact resulting from mining and/or drilling for fossil fuel, and • reduces U.S. dependence on foreign sources of fossil fuels. Each megawatt of electricity generated by an EDI landfill gas-fueled power station in one year is equivalent to: • Enough electricity to service 636 homes; • Taking 8339 cars off the road; • Planting 11,882 acres of forest; or • Displacing the use of 213 railcars of coal. EDI Power Station Design and Management EDl’s innovative approach to landfill gas power station design demonstrates its environmental consciousness, technical expertise, and economic sensitivity in the
