Granger and the Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) have launched a program that will use landfill gas to power nearly 6,000 Lansing homes.
A new generating plant at the Granger building in North Lansing converts landfill gas to green energy. Granger’s new generating system captures and processes the gas created by the landfill and uses it as a fuel source for engine generator sets. The engine generator sets create electric, which is then distributed to the utility grid.
“What few people know is that landfill gas is one of the most effective, reliable sources of renewable energy,” says Granger CEO, Keith Granger. Granger wants to increase energy production so that 10,000 BWL homes are fueled by landfill gas by 2009.
The amount of energy generated at Granger’s Wood Road Generating Station will increase over the years and is expected to fuel 15,000 homes by 2012.
“I couldn’t be prouder of this great partnership with Granger,” says BWL General Manager, Peter Lark. “Together, our utility can achieve or surpass state renewable goals, and both Granger and the BWL can demonstrate our absolute commitment to being strong environmental stewards.”
It took Granger 15 months to build its new generating plant.
Source: Mark Nixon, BWL
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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