BioResource Development, a company that develops, manages and operates systems that create renewable natural gas in landfills and feedlots based in Omaha, Nebraska, is installing a landfill gas-to-energy project at the closed Sarpy County Landfill in Nebraska, a report by the Omaha World-Herald says. The project should be operating by the end of 2017.
The report says the company will clean the gases emitted from the 160-acre dump site northwest of Springfield and pump the renewable natural gas into Black Hills Energy’s distribution network. Black Hills serves 300 communities and 300,000 customers. The company says in the report this is the first time it is distributing renewable energy.
Black Hills built a 3 1/2-mile pipeline to transport the gas from the landfill to an interconnection point on its larger distribution pipeline, the report says.
The county sent out a request for proposals in 2014 for ideas to mitigate odors from the landfill. BioResource locked in its latest contract in early 2016. The report says Sarpy County already installed wellheads throughout the landfill to decrease odors but has been burning off the gas rather than collecting it for reuse.
BioResource is installing new wells in addition to the ones installed by the county and will apply vacuum designed to directly collect waste gases. The gases will be processed to strip out moisture, carbon dioxide and other gases, including nitrogen and oxygen, to leave methane. The report says the methane will be piped into the lines and into homes and businesses.
The report says the project will save Sarpy County $100,000 per year in costs for monitoring and air standard appliance. BioResource will take over regulation responsibilities. The county will also get a 2.5 percent cut of revenue from the sale of natural gas to Black Hills, which amounts to around $100,000 per year.
The report says the company will clean the gases emitted from the 160-acre dump site northwest of Springfield and pump the renewable natural gas into Black Hills Energy’s distribution network. Black Hills serves 300 communities and 300,000 customers. The company says in the report this is the first time it is distributing renewable energy.
Black Hills built a 3 1/2-mile pipeline to transport the gas from the landfill to an interconnection point on its larger distribution pipeline, the report says.
The county sent out a request for proposals in 2014 for ideas to mitigate odors from the landfill. BioResource locked in its latest contract in early 2016. The report says Sarpy County already installed wellheads throughout the landfill to decrease odors but has been burning off the gas rather than collecting it for reuse.
BioResource is installing new wells in addition to the ones installed by the county and will apply vacuum designed to directly collect waste gases. The gases will be processed to strip out moisture, carbon dioxide and other gases, including nitrogen and oxygen, to leave methane. The report says the methane will be piped into the lines and into homes and businesses.
The report says the project will save Sarpy County $100,000 per year in costs for monitoring and air standard appliance. BioResource will take over regulation responsibilities. The county will also get a 2.5 percent cut of revenue from the sale of natural gas to Black Hills, which amounts to around $100,000 per year.
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