The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership has recognized the participating organizations that generate the most “green” electricity on site. The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts ranked second on the list. More...

Houston-based Waste Management has announced plans to develop a landfill-gas-to-energy plant at its Rolling Meadows Landfill in Topeka, Kan. Westar Energy will purchase the electricity produced by the facility. The plant should produce enough...

A landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) plant at Republic Services' Ox Mountain Landfill in Half Moon Bay, Calif., has begun operations. Owned and operated by a subsidiary of Ameresco Inc., the plant will provide enough energy to residents in nearby...

Republic Services’ McCarty Road Landfill in Houston is now supplying landfill gas to a nearby Anheuser-Busch brewery. The gas is processed at a plant that is located at the landfill and is operated by Ameresco...

Houston-based Waste Management and Will County, Ill., will jointly develop a landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) plant at the Prairie View Recycling and Disposal Facility near Wilmington, Ill. Waste Management will build and operate the facility, which...

Republic Services' Courtney Ridge Landfill in Sugar Creek, Mo., will provide landfill gas to the neighboring Lafarge-Sugar Creek Cement Plant. The plant will use the gas to fire its kiln during cement production. Plant officials say using the gas...

Phoenix-based Republic Services has sold the right to purchase landfill gas from its Hickory Ridge Landfill in Conley, Ga., to Global Energy Systems (GES), Summerville, S.C...

Phoenix-based Republic Services and Renewable Solutions Group, Winder, Ga., have opened a high British thermal unit (Btu) landfill gas-to-energy facility at the Oak Grove Landfill in Winder, Ga. According to both companies, the facility is the...

Phoenix-based Republic Services has sold the right to purchase landfill gas from its Hickory Ridge Landfill in Conley, Ga., to Global Energy Systems (GES), Summerville, S.C...