Project Name: Greater New Bedford LFG Utilization Project
Project Type: Landfill Methane Destruction
Location: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Certification Standard: Greenhouse Gas Services
Additionality Statement:
The voluntary collection and destruction of methane gas from the project is not common industry practice, nor is it required by law, regulation or legal obligation.
Project Overview: The project is designed to collect and combust methane gas, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide, from the 152-acre landfill owned and operated by the Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District. Carbon offsets are created by extracting gas from the landfill and combusting it to generate energy in a landfill gas-to-energy facility. Excess gas not consumed by the engines is flared to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate additional offsets.
Greenhouse Gas Services portion of the project will reduce approximately 300,000 tons of CO2 equivalent over three years. This is the same as taking over 18,000 passenger cars off the road annually, reducing consumption of gasoline by more than 11 million gallons per year, or generating electricity for over 13,000 homes for one year.
Facility where landfill methane gas is combusted and used to generate electricity
Engine used to combust methane gas and drive generator of electric power
Switchgear and control panels for delivering electric power to the local distribution utility
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