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Cherokee Brick & Tile LFG Energy Kiln Project
Self Developed (Absence of third party developer)
- Location:
- Macon, Georgia
- End User(s):
- Cherokee Brick & Tile
- Sector(s):
- Brick
- Landfill(s):
- Macon Landfill
- Landfill Size:
- 3.5 million tons waste-in-place
- Project Type:
- Direct Thermal (brick kilns)
- Project Size:
- 722 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
- Environmental Benefits:
- Carbon sequestered annually by 1,900 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1,700 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 20,900 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 2,500 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0025 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
- LMOP Partners Involved:
- Cherokee Brick & Tile
- Last Updated:
- 7/15/2010