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Waste Handling and LandfillsPurpose-Built Waste Handling MachinesLandfill Operations Support MachinesLandfill Gas To ElectricityAlternative Daily Cover ProductsManaging Your BusinessPower Generation ApplicationsTier 4 Emissions ResourcesWeb-based Account ToolsLANDFILL GAS TO ELECTRICITY Your landfill energy project will last 20 years or more, so you need a reliable partner. Caterpillar has been around the industry from the start, so let us show you how to turn a “waste” gas into one of your greatest assets. When you want to put landfill methane to work generating power, turn to Stowers and Caterpillar. |
| DON'T FLARE IT; PRODUCE ENERGY Increasingly, state and local regulations require landfills to collect and destroy methane, a greenhouse gas that may also contain hazardous air pollutants. Flaring destroys the methane, but gas-fired power generation does so at a profit. Caterpillar engines burn landfill fuel cleanly to meet most strict air quality standards. Hundreds of Cat generator sets power landfill gas-to-energy systems worldwide, generating more than 5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. More than half of all landfill engines worldwide bear the Cat brand. Run with Caterpillar and you’ll produce low-cost power, every day, around the clock. With attractive installed cost and simple, affordable maintenance, you’ll get fast payback on your generator set investment. TECHNOLOGY FOR THE TASK Cat® gas generator sets are the industry benchmark for reliability and performance and offer the industry’s broadest product line, low-emission designs that meet most air-quality regulations, flexibility to operate on a wide range of landfill gases, long life with rugged internal components, and total system monitoring and management. TYPICAL LANDFILL GAS-TO-ELECTRICITY DESIGN Landfill methane is an abundant and readily available renewable energy source. It has the potential to fuel 2,700 MW of electric generating capacity in the United States alone and 9,000 MW worldwide. The diagram below shows a typical design for turning landfill gas into electricity. WANT TO LEARN MORE? Contact your Stowers Commercial Engine Sales Representative for more information on landfill gas-to-energy solutions from Caterpillar and Stowers Industrial Power.
| CALL NOW TO LEARN MORE Matt Kirkpatrick 865-595-1093 or 865-414-0202 Send me a message Neal Reinhardt 865-595-1034 or 865-771-1036 Send me a message EMAIL THIS PAGE TO A FRIEND JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST Sign up to receive Stowers news, expert advice and tips, and specials in your email inbox. EPA LANDFILL METHANE OUTREACH PROGRAMThis voluntary assistance and partnership program promotes the use of landfill gas as a renewable, green energy source. POWER PROFILEThis landfill in France uses Caterpillar G3516 and G3512 generator sets to produce more than 12,800 MWh of power
per year at full capacity. (PDF 148KB) STATES WITH RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDSGet information on renewable portfolio standards by state from the Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy. POWER SYSTEMS WHITE PAPER: DEALING WITH LANDFILL FUELLearn more about evaluating fuel freatment options. (PDF 554KB) DOWNLOAD ADOBE® READER®If you do not have Adobe® Reader® to view PDF files, get it free at the Adobe® website. CONTACT A SALES REPFind a Power Systems rental application specialist by entering your ZIP code.
SAFETY MEETING TOPICS Use our Toolbox Talks to lead safety meetings at your job site. OPERATING IN A LANDFILLMaking sure your operations and machines are safe in a landfill. SAFETY AT LANDFILLSBeing safe while working at a landfill. |
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