Landfill methane could be used to power garbage trucks
Posted Apr 27th 2007 3:38PM by Mike Magda
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc.
The Lycoming County landfill in Pennsylvania may one day refuel some of the trucks that deliver waste, using methane gas made from that waste. The ambitious project will run parallel to the production of methane gas for an electric plant on site. About 33 percent of the methane produced is dedicated to electricity. Building an adjacent liquid-methane truck-fuel production facility would cost between $8 million and $30 million. Up to 5,000 gallons of liquid methane could be produced a day, or enough to satisfy the appetite of 30 trucks. About 230 trucks deliver waste to the landfill each day.
[Source: David Thompson / Williamsport Sun-Gazette]
Tags: David Thompson, DavidThompson, Lycoming County, LycomingCounty
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1. Sounds good. They pick up trash, and are powered by the trash's gas!
Posted at 4:47PM on Apr 27th 2007 by Joseph