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Cone Mills LFG Energy Boiler Project
- Location:
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- End User(s):
- Cone Mills
- Sector(s):
- Industrial (textiles)
- Landfill(s):
- City of Greensboro Landfill
- Landfill Size:
- 7.62 million tons waste-in-place
- Project Type:
- Boiler (co-fired with natural gas or fuel oil)
- Project Size:
- 674 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 1,600 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 19,500 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 2,300 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0023 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
- LMOP Partners Involved:
- Coen Company, HDR Engineering, Inc., LFG Specialties, L.L.C., SCS Engineers and SCS Field Services
- Last Updated:
- 12/3/2010