More than three hundred operating landfill gas-to-energy sites in the U.S. provide both financial and environmental benefits to the landfill operators, the community, and the facilities powered by the waste gas. Ingersoll Rand supports the EPA’s initiative to utilize landfill gas as an environmentally friendly and economical energy resource, and the Ingersoll Rand microturbine system meets that challenge.
Economical, reliable and clean-burning gas-turbine generators were previously feasible only at landfills operating large multi-megawatt power-plants. For smaller landfills producing a few megawatts or less, microturbines are the first practical power-generation technology capable of continuous clean and efficient operation. For large landfills, Ingersoll Rand microturbines can provide add-on power as needed up to several additional megawatts.
Municipal landfills are frequently under scrutiny from community groups and local regulators to eliminate methane emissions and noxious odors. Ingersoll Rand microturbines help landfill sites gain community acceptance by accomplishing those emission objectives while simultaneously producing electric power that generates revenue. In fact, a landfill produces fewer emissions when an Ingersoll Rand microturbine is running than when it is not; for each day an Ingersoll Rand microturbine operates on landfill gas, it offsets its entire weight in fossil fuel CO2 emissions.