Dive Summary:
- Waste Management of Indiana, the Wabash Valley Power Association, and the Hendricks Power Cooperative have worked together on the facility.
- Located at the Twin Bridges Recycling and Disposal Facility in Danville, IN, the 3.2 MW Twin Bridges IV project now generates enough electricity to power about 14,000 homes.
- The fuel for the project is culled from a network of recovery wells, which is then condensed, purified, and used as fuel to drive engines that then drive electricity generators.
From the article:
Waste Management of Indiana LLC, the Wabash Valley Power Association and the Hendricks Power Cooperative have dedicated a renewable energy generation facility in Indiana that uses gas from landfill waste to generate electricity.
The 3.2 MW Twin Bridges IV project, located at the Twin Bridges Recycling and Disposal Facility in Danville, is the fourth landfill gas-to-energy plant at the facility. According to Waste Management, the site now generates the equivalent amount of electricity to power approximately 14,000 homes. ...