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Environmental Protection Agency - LMOP: LFG Energy Project Profiles Page 1 of 2 <br />t ~ s <br />~~k~~r~ ,rT~s lf,~. EI!~tYtt~+~~N,'~`~4~ P'R~fiEOTI!C~hl AG~t~CY <br />~' 'Y~ Landfill ~fhane ~utr~ach rograr~ Ll~ll'~ , <br />{ _ ~ <br />'~~'+ ;• ,:e Recent Additions ~ Contact Us ~ Print Version Search: m <br />~~~r " ~ ~~~' EPA Home > Climate Change > Methane > Voluntary Programs > LMOP > Energy Protects and Candidate <br />~; ~~~~`~ Landfills> LFG Energy Project Profiles > St. John's Landfill <br />Methane Home <br />LMOP Hame <br />Basic Information <br />Accomplishments <br />Energy Projects and <br />Candidate Landfills <br />Benefits of LFG Energy <br />Partners <br />Join the Program <br />Documents, Toots 8f <br />Resources <br />htewsroam <br />Workshops/ <br />Conferences <br />International Activities <br />Frequent Questions <br />Green Power <br />St. John's Landfill <br />` ~j ~; <br />u~op auan~ac~ <br />4___v~rrc~NEa~1 <br />`~, ~ <br />a jt: ~ ~' <br />'~-~ <br />CRIfRFJLO! P150{dYICVI,. ~ „ <br />Location Portland, Oregon <br />End User(s) Ash Grove Cement Company <br />Sector(s) Cement <br />Landfill(s) St. John's Landfill <br />Landfill Size 12 million tons waste-in-place (1999) <br />Project Type Direct Thermal (lime kilns) <br />Project Size 3,500 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) <br />Environmental Carbon sequestered annually by 9,900 acres of pine or fir <br />Benefits forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 8,000 <br /> passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from <br /> 101.,500 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings <br /> equate to heating 11,400 homes. Estimated emissions <br /> reductions of 0.0119 million metric tons of carbon <br /> equivalents. <br />LMOP Partners Ash Grove Cement Company, Metro, Palmer Capital <br />Involved Corporation <br />The power of partnerships led to the success of the St. John's Landfill project in Portland, <br />Oregon. Metro, a regional planning authority then known as Portlahd Metro, joined forces <br />with Portland Landfill Gas Joint Venture Partners, a group comprising Ash Grove Cement <br />Company and Palmer Capital, to make afirst-of-its-kind landfill gas energy (LFGE) project <br />a reality. This innovative project was named LMOP Project of the Year in 1998. <br />Portland Landfill Gas Joint Venture Partners pipes landfill gas (LFG) from St. John's <br />Landfill to Ash Grove's Rivergate lime plant. Prior to completion of the St. John's Landfill <br />project, the kilns were fueled by natural gas and recycled fossil fuels. Utilizing LFG posed <br />an opportunity for Kansas-based Ash Grove Cement to lower utility costs and reduce <br />emissions. <br />The project's highlights include the following: <br />• First time use of LFG as sole power source for lime kilns. <br />• Lower utility costs and lower emissions. <br />• Stable, competitively-priced fuel source. <br />Until Portland Landfill Gas Joint Venture Partners approached Metro, methane generated <br />by the landfill was collected and flared on site, allowing a valuable, renewable energy <br />resource go to waste. <br />It takes a lot of energy to fire our kilns, but the 77, 000 therms per day <br />produced by the St. John's project is enough to power the kilns 24 hours a <br />6/8/2009 <br />http://www.epa.gov/landfill/proj/prof/profile/stj ohnslandfill.htm <br />