Allan Gerlat, News Editor

July 18, 2012

1 Min Read
Saskatoon Constructing Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility

The city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is constructing a landfill gas-to-energy facility.

The city said on its website that Saskatoon Light & Power is close to completing its gas well drilling at the city’s landfill.

Saskatoon officials expect the facility to begin power production by summer 2013.  The facility will feature two 800 kilowatt generators. The 1,600 total kilowatts is enough to power 1,300 homes.

The projects consists of a landfill gas collection system and a power generation facility. The drilling began in May, and now there are 29 vertical wells in the capped area of the landfill.

It is the first power generation facility built by the city since 1911.

 

 

 

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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