Landfill Methane Outreach Program
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Ciba Specialty Chemicals LFG Energy Boiler Project
- Location:
- Suffolk, Virginia
- End User(s):
- Ciba Specialty Chemicals
- Sector(s):
- Chemical
- Landfill(s):
- SPSA Regional Landfill
- Landfill Size:
- 8.34 million tons waste-in-place (2001)
- Project Type:
- Boiler
- Project Size:
- 694 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
- Environmental Benefits:
- Carbon sequestered annually by 1,800 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1,700 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 20,100 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 2,400 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0024 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
- LMOP Partners Involved:
- Biogas Energy Solutions, LLC, Southeastern Public Service Authority
- Last Updated:
- 7/7/2010