Georgia’s Largest Landfill Gas to Electricity Project Opens in Taylor County

Posted on June 28, 2012 by DrRossH in Landfills and Disposal

Georgia’s Largest Landfill Gas to Electricity Project Opens in Taylor County | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine.

The original Landfill Gas to Electricity facility was expanded from 4 MW to 8 MW of renewable electricity making it the largest Landfill Gas to Electricity facility in Georgia.

Landfill gas, which is created when organic material naturally decomposes in a landfill, consists of about 50 percent methane. A reliable and readily available local alternative to fossil fuels, landfill gas can be converted to generate electricity, heat or steam, or used as an alternative vehicle fuel.