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Environmental Protection Agency - LMOP: LFG Energy Project Profiles <br />~~tts a s r;~~~ <br />~~` ~~ <br />~ ' ~~ ~,•' <br />~.. Q <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 />Jain the Program <br />Documents, Taals 8~ <br />IZesaUCGes <br />Newsroom <br />Workshops! <br />Conferences <br />International Activities <br />Frequent Quesfions <br />Green Power <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />t~,~. El~~f~~l"~Eh1T#~ Pa~-TE~T1. ~~It~G <br />Landis Methane t~~treach Program ~L C3P~ . <br />Recent Additions (Contact Us ~ Print Version Search: <br />EPA Home > Climate Change > Methane > Voluntary Programs > LMOP > Energy Projects and Candidate <br />Landfills > LFG Ener~7cy Project Profiles > Johnson & Johnson/ALZA and Mountain View Landfill Gas Energy. <br />Project ._ <br />Johnson & Johnson/ALZA ~,: {- ~ _ ~~ <br />nd Mountain View Landfill _'~=' ~ rY. ~~,. <br />a _ <br />Gas Energy Project ~~ =~~ <br />Location Mountain View, California <br />End User(s) ALZA Corporation <br />Sector(s) Chemical <br />Landfill(s) Shoreline Landfill at Mountain View <br />Landfill Size 11.82 million tons waste-in-place (1998) <br />Project Type Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration) (3 x 970 kilowatt <br /> generators) <br />Project Size 2.9 megawatts (M111n and 25 million British thermal units per <br /> hour (MMBtu/hr) <br />Environmental Carbon sequestered annually by 5,500 acres of pine or fir <br />Benefits forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 4,400 <br /> passenger vehicles; or carbon dioxide emissions from 56,600 <br /> barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to <br /> powering 1,800-homes and heating 2,500 homes. Estimated <br /> emissions reductions of 0.0066 million metric tons of carbon <br /> equivalents. <br />LMOP Partners SCS Engineers and SCS Field Services <br />Involved <br />Vvnen chaiienged to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 21.5 mission pounds <br />per year, ALZA Pharmaceuticals turned green-green for energy, that is. With a closed <br />150-acre municipal landfill next door, ALZA proposed to the city of Mountain View, <br />California a landfill gas (LFG) energy project that would use LFG to heat and power ALZA's <br />research and development facilities. The city agreed and entered a 15-year contract to sell <br />the LFG. <br />Developers attribute success to developing a relationship with the city of Mountain View, <br />whose city council agreed the. project was a high priority. Plus, ALZA was able to secure <br />internal approval in less than five weeks, largely because it had sought buy-in from within <br />Johnson & Johnson, its parent company. <br />The project's highlights include the following: <br />• 1.25-mile pipeline connects Shoreline Landfill to ALZA <br />• 15-year contract for purchase of LFG <br />• $2.5 million grant from Pacific Gas & Electric <br />ALZA estimates the project will save 16 million pounds per year of carbon dioxide <br />emissions through avoided electricity and natural gas consumption, thus accounting for <br />over 70 percent of its annual GHG reduction target. <br />The community and the environment are benefiting through decreased C02 <br />emissions, ALZA Corporation is achieving energy and financial savings, and <br />the City of Mountain View is making use of and receiving revenue for an <br />http://www.epa.gov/landfill/proj/prof/profile/j ohnsonj ohnsonalzaandmoun.htm <br />6/8/2009 <br />