Power 3 MW landfill in Los Angeles

Fortistar The company announced its plans to build a power plant with an electrical capacity of 3 MW, which will run on gas produced from the waste from the landfill is located near Los Angeles, USA.




Located near the city of Los Angeles closed landfill waste Lopez Canyon will serve as a place of receipt of the landfill gas, which is then burned in the boilers of a new thermal power plant with capacity of 3 MW.

"Lopez Canyon Landfill is a valuable energy resource in the Northeast San Fernando Valley," said a representative of the authorities of Los Angeles Felipe Fuentes. "The new power plant construction project at the landfill will help the city of Los Angeles to meet its energy needs, but also help in achieving the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions».

Landfill waste Lopez Canyon was opened in 1975 and closed for the collection of garbage in 1996, accumulated by that time more than 19 million tons of waste, which produce landfill gas. An extensive and complex system for collecting landfill gas and transport it will bring to the installation for the conversion and storage, which would then be burned in a new thermal power plant boilers.



"Municipalities and companies are increasingly looking to reduce carbon emissions to achieving sustainable development goals. Using landfill gas to generate electricity is one of the cost effective ways to achieve this goal, "said Mark Somora, CEO Fortistar. "In addition, municipalities can turn their landfills in renewable energy assets that generate additional revenue."