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t/nvironmenta>, rrotection tigency - Llvivr: Lucent i ecnnotogies rage ~ ui ~ ~~~~ lf.~. E#~'d#It~ll~l~11ENT~,,L ARt~TEGTf~I'~ A+GfhaC~ ~~ ~ '~~ Landfill Mc~hane 0-~fireach Program (LMCJP) ~~ ~w ~ - ~ i, x .Recent Additions ~ Contact Us I Pnnt Version Search: ~T ~ ~* EPA Home > Climate Change > .M.e_.thane > LMOP > Documents. Tools and Resources > Lucent Technologies qt ~~, ,c~ Methane Mome ~ocUl'YlentS, Tools and ~~ ~~ ~ ~- ;~~ LMQP Hame Resources ~. Basic Infarmatian ~.~neu.y wr`rF~r~n *~ «rra~r» rxvrtrcvx ~ ~+ ' T Accamprshments Lucent Technologies Energy Projects and A Low-Risk, High-Payoff Landfill Gas Project Candidate Landfills. Benefits of LFG Energy As a leader in the telecommunications field, Lucent Technologies looks to develop cutting- Partners edge technologies for its customers while keeping costs low and quality high. Is there any Join the. Program wonder then that Lucent would become involved with an innovative project that. would reduce fuel bills, leaving more money to develop new technologies? Documents, Tools & Resources That is exactly what Lucent achieved by deciding to use landfill gas to fuel its boiler. Newsroom Significant fuel cost savings and a cleaner environment are just two of the benefits Lucent workshapsl Technologies received when it undertook a landfill gas-to-energy project with Network Conferences Energy of Lake County, Inc.. in 1992. International Activities gy fueling boiler operations with landfill gas instead of fossil fuels, Lucent saves $100,000 a i=request questions year on fuel bills. Columbus, Ohio, the home of the Lucent plant, and the global Green Power environment benefit, too: theproject reduces greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking more than 23,000 cars off the road each year. The project team, consisting of key players from both Lucent and Network Energy, was key to the success of the project. Steve Teets of Lucent Technologies says the company is simply "tickled pink" about the environmental benefits, recognition within the local community, and cost savings they've received by using landfill gas as a fuel. Jeff Blanton of Network Energy, the project developer; credits Lucent's "progressive eneroy management team" with making the project a success. ~ ,;~. ' ~ ~'+~~~cT ~°~sc~l~"~it~! Since 1992, Network Energy of Lake County, Inc., a landfill gas project developer located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has sold landfill gas from the Bedford Landfill to Lucent Technologies. The proximity of the landfill -only 1.5 miles from the facility - as well as the 2.5 million tons of waste at the landfill provided enough reasons to start alarge-scale landfill gas recovery project. lucent became interested in the project because it offered. significant potential fuel savings with little risk or investment. Today, Lucent uses the gas to fuel boiler operations that generate steam for space heating and hot water at its 2.2-million-square-foot facility. The boiler supplements the landfill gas with natural gas as needed, in the unlikely case that the landfill gas supply is interrupted. This back-up system ensures that Lucent will have a constant supply of boiler fuel. Network Energy provided the capital costs for the project and agreed to sell Lucent the landfill gas for at least 10 percent less than the price of natural gas. At times, the savings is even greater - up to 20 percent less than the natural gas price -and fuel bill savings for Lucent typically reach $100,000 to $120,000 a year. Says Blanton, "landfill gas can be competitive and provide attractive and long-term savings to an industrial user." http://www.epa.gov/landfill/res/lucent.htm 6/8/2009