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Environmental Protection Agency - LMOP: LFG Energy Project Profiles <br />~~;ft4 a 5 rq ~~ <br />~~~ <br />~ , ' '~ <br />.~, - .. ~~ <br />~~*'~t1v~,t"~~ <br />Methane Home <br />LMOP Home <br />Basic infarmation <br />Rccamplishments <br />Energy Projects and <br />Candidate Landfills <br />Benefits of LFG Energy <br />Partners <br />Jain the Program <br />Documents, Tools & <br />Resources <br />Newsroom <br />Workshops/ <br />Conferences <br />International Activities <br />Frequent Questions <br />Green Power <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />t~,$. EYt~~ht~Ehl~`,~ ~R!~'~E~TI'~7N ~l~GY <br />Landfill l~lel~ane t~reach Program ~LMGI~} . <br />Recent Additions I Contact Us I Print Version Search: ~m <br />EPA Home > Climate Change > Methane > Volunt~ Programs > LMOP > Enemy Projects and Candidate <br />Landfills > LFG Energy Project Profiles > Modern Landfill and HZGr-o Landfill Gas Energy <br />___ ___ <br />Modern Landfill and HZGro Y`~, 4~ ~ '~ <br />~ , ._ <br />Landfill .Gas Energy -~--= <br />vvc~sa~.a <br />Location Lewiston, New York <br />End User(s) HZGro Greenhouses, Model City Energy <br />Sector(s) Greenhouse, Utility <br />Landfill(s) Modern Landfill <br />Landfill Size 11.3 million tons waste-in-place (2004) <br />Project-Type Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration) <br />Project Size 12 megawatts (MV1/) <br />Savings $800,000/year in fuel <br />Environmental Carbon sequestered annually by 13,500 acres of pine or fir <br />Benefits forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 10,900 <br /> passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from <br /> 138,500 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings <br /> equate to powering 7,600 homes. Estimated emissions <br /> reductions of 0.0162 million metric tons of carbon <br /> equivalents. <br />LMOP Partners Caterpillar, Horizon LFG, Innovative Energy Systems, <br />Involved Republic Services <br />No matter how you slice it, landfill gas saves <br />energy costs for HZGro. After a pilot project <br />proved viable, HZGro Greenhouses <br />expanded its greenhouse acreage by 15 fold. <br />Engine heat is captured to heat greenhouses <br />where more than 10,000 pounds of red, juicy, <br />hot-house tomatoes are produced every day. <br />Due to low heating costs, the greenhouse <br />operates year-round. <br />A computer-controlled climate ensures ~-~ " -~ ~+ ~y~ <br />excellent growing conditions for the ..~` _,~„ ~ ~" <br />hydroponic tomatoes. Recirculated water <br />(2,500 gallons) is heated by a jacket heat exchanger, then an exhaust heat exchanger, <br />reaching 220 degrees Fahrenheit and providing 31 million Btu of heat per hour. In addition, <br />the engine-generator sets produce enough electricity to power the greenhouses, with <br />excess power sold to the grid. <br />The project's highlights include the following: <br />• Original 2001 project had seven Caterpillar G3516englne-generator sets; expansion <br />in 2006 added four Caterpillar 3520 engines <br />. 2005 Environmental Excellence Award from New York State Department of <br />Environmental Conservation <br />. SWANA 2005 Landfill Gas Usage Award from Solid Waste Association of North <br />America <br />http://www.epa.gov/landfill/proj /prof/profile/modernlandfillandhsub2sub.htm <br />6/8/2009 <br />