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Environmental Protection Agency - LMOP: LFG Energy Project Profiles <br />~,~tiS'ED s r,~ T~:r <br />,- ~ycr <br />S ~i' <br />t~ a <br />~r~~ w~no~F~. <br />Methane Home <br />LMpP Nome <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, Tools & <br />Resources <br />hlewsroom <br />Workshops! <br />Conferences <br />International Activities <br />Frequent Questions <br />Green Power <br />gage 1 of ~ <br />lf,S. E~1~~Ft~N11;1~NTA~ PRQ"T"~GT1'QN ,~,~~NCY <br />Landfill Methane Clutre~ch Program ~LMGP) .,~~ <br />Recent Additions I Contact Us I Print Version Search: <br />EPA Hom_ e > Climate Change > Methane > Volunta_ry Programs > LMOP > Ene_.rgy Projects and Candidate <br />Landfills > LFG Enemy Project Profiles > BMW Manufacturing Landfill Gas Energy Projects <br />BMW Manufacturing ~ ''~ ~ '+~ ~` <br />~`~`~~~, <br />Landfill Gas Energy _~.~_~. ,,~ <br />~,~~,,:~r~rnrro~~ <br />Projects °`~'~'"" <br />1 <br />LMOP AYAIYR[3' j <br />V{riNNER i <br />i~__.._._.~_____., <br />How many people would imagine that landfill gas (LFG) <br />had a hand in the creation of the BMW Roadster? At its <br />South Carolina assembly plant, BMW uses gas from <br />Waste Management's Palmetto Landfill to fuel four gas <br />turbine cogeneration units (4.4 MW capacity) and <br />recovers 72 MMBtu/hr of hot water. The turbines fulfill <br />about 25 percent of the plant's electrical needs and <br />nearly all of its thermal needs. For these outstanding <br />"green" efforts, BMW was awarded LMOP's 2003 Project <br />of the Year. <br />With excess LFG available and a continued desire to go "green," BMW turned to the <br />largest consumer of energy in the entire plant: the paint shop. Employing Durr Systems, the. <br />original designer of the paint shop, BMW converted equipment to burn LFG and still had <br />enough excess LFG to burn in one of three boiler systems. This effort earned BMW <br />Manufacturing recognition as LMOP's 2006 Energy Partner of the Year. <br />6/8/2009 <br />http://www.epa. gov/landfill/proj /prof/profile/bmwmanufacturinglandfillg.htm <br />