14 MW Landfill Gas to Energy Expansion for General Motors - With Video

General Motors is to invest $24-million increasing its landfill gas to energy generating capacity by 14 MW across its Fort Wayne, Indiana and Orion, Michigan assembly plants. The company explained that its Orion assembly has used landfill gas since 1999, and is currently used to help heat a portion of an upgraded paint shop. According to GM, once the work has been completed landfill gas will supply around 54% of the Orion plant’s energy requirements. The use of energy generated by landfill gas is not new to the Fort Wayne assembly plant either, where is has been used since 2002. However, GM said that this latest investment will increase the plants use of landfill gas four-fold, meeting a total of 40% of its energy requirements. The new equipment is expected to GM (NYSE:GM, TSX: GMM) avoid producing more than 89,000 metric tons of CO2 per year and save a combined $10 million in energy costs each year at the facilities. “With this project in place, we are converting landfill gas into our own electricity, which, in essence, allows us to act as our own utility,” said Bill Mortimer, GM co-generation project manager. “Not only does this help us save on energy costs, but it limits the amount of greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere,” he added. For more on the story see WMW’s weekly newscast below Read More Parcel Company Appoints Biffa to Deliver Recycling Policy UK courier company, City Link has appointed waste and recycling company Biffa to help it achieve its target of recycling 80% of its waste within the next nine months. Hydraulic Hybrid Drive Refuse Collection Vehicles Notch up Million Miles in U.S. A fleet of hybrid refuse collection vehicles equipped with Parker Hannifin’s, RunWise hydraulic hybrid drive system have completed almost 1 million miles of operation. BHS Installs 600 TPD Material Recycling Facility in Massachusetts Bulk Handling Systems has completed a new 600 ton per day single stream material recycling facility for in Westborough, Massachusetts waste and recycling company, E.L. Harvey & Sons.