Capstone Green Energy to provide gas-to-energy project to New England waste facility

Van Nuys, California-based Capstone Green Energy Corp., a provider of energy-as-a-service solutions, has announced it will provide a 1-megawatt microturbine system to be installed in a landfill gas-to-energy project for a solid waste facility in New England. The renewable energy project will convert the gas generated by waste at the landfill to electricity that will be redistributed to the electrical grid and used by the city to power its municipal facilities.  

The waste-to-energy project is expected to be commissioned in early 2023. The company says the landfill generates and flares about 350 standard cubic feet per minute of landfill gas. The new project will convert all of this gas into electricity using the Capstone C1000S microturbine system. The conversion process will generate 1 megawatt of clean electricity and deliver a continuous renewable source of revenue for the city.  

Bringing this project to fruition is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in New England by 3,500 tons annually, according to Capstone. Vergent Power Solutions, the company’s distributor for the upper Midwest, New England and Eastern Canada was responsible for securing the contracts for the system.

“Vergent Power dedicated many years to develop this important project, which reflects the New England region’s path towards decarbonization,” says Darren Jamison, president and CEO of Capstone Green Energy. “The project clearly demonstrates Capstone microturbines’ ultra-clean emission and beneficial product features such as UL1741 SA-certified power electronics that enable simplified interconnection with the utility grid as well as potential future microgrids in the area. We look forward to many more innovative, carbon-reducing projects from Vergent Power in New England in the future."

After a thorough analysis comparing various distributed generation technologies, officials ultimately chose low-emission Capstone Green Energy microturbines for their scalability, resiliency and ability to reduce energy costs to taxpayers.  

“Vergent Power is proud to support this municipal customer and its progressive efforts to have 100-percent-renewable power in 2023," says Justin Rathle, president of Vergent Power Solutions. "Utilizing renewable biogas generated by wastewater treatment plants and landfills is an excellent way for communities to transition to renewable energy. This 1-megawatt plant will be Vergent Power’s 11th renewable energy system in our North American operating fleet comprising more than thirty microturbines running on biogas."