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3.8 MW OF NEW LANDFILL GAS TO ENERGY CAPACITY FOR UK<br />Asia Global Energy<br />Up to 3.8 MW of electricity will be generated by three UK landfill sites following a partnership between Manchester based renewable energy specialist, ENER-G Natural Power and Hartlepool based Seneca Global Energy.<br />ENER-G said that for its part it will design, build, finance, operate and maintain three renewable energy facilities at Seneca Global Energy's landfill sites at Blaydon, near Newcastle; Longhill, Hartlepool; and Gilberdyke, Hull.<br />The company added that the landfill gas generation plants could be operational by March this year, and will generate sufficient electricity to power up to 3800 homes.<br />Combined the plants are expected to cut annual carbon dioxide equivalent from the sites by a total of 117,264 tonnes, offering a comparable benefit to the carbon sequestered annually by 96,118 acres of pine forest.<br />According to ENER-G methane gas will be drawn from the sites using a series of wells and then converted into electricity using ENER-G landfill gas generation equipment, designed and manufactured at the company's global headquarters in Salford, Greater Manchester.<br />The company added that the generating equipment will be housed in small soundproofed enclosures.<br />The projects will be funded by ENER-G, including operation and maintenance.<br />Over the past decade the company said that it has designed, built and safely operated more than 100 landfill gas facilities, providing in excess of 160 MW of generation capacity.<br />Asia Global Energy
3.8 MW OF NEW LANDFILL GAS TO ENERGY CAPACITY FOR UK<br />Asia Global Energy<br />Up to 3.8 MW of electricity will be generated by three UK landfill sites following a partnership between Manchester based renewable energy specialist, ENER-G Natural Power and Hartlepool based Seneca Global Energy.<br />ENER-G said that for its part it will design, build, finance, operate and maintain three renewable energy facilities at Seneca Global Energy's landfill sites at Blaydon, near Newcastle; Longhill, Hartlepool; and Gilberdyke, Hull.<br />The company added that the landfill gas generation plants could be operational by March this year, and will generate sufficient electricity to power up to 3800 homes.<br />Combined the plants are expected to cut annual carbon dioxide equivalent from the sites by a total of 117,264 tonnes, offering a comparable benefit to the carbon sequestered annually by 96,118 acres of pine forest.<br />According to ENER-G methane gas will be drawn from the sites using a series of wells and then converted into electricity using ENER-G landfill gas generation equipment, designed and manufactured at the company's global headquarters in Salford, Greater Manchester.<br />The company added that the generating equipment will be housed in small soundproofed enclosures.<br />The projects will be funded by ENER-G, including operation and maintenance.<br />Over the past decade the company said that it has designed, built and safely operated more than 100 landfill gas facilities, providing in excess of 160 MW of generation capacity.<br />Asia Global Energy
