In an attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, New Brunswick is considering landfills. Well, a project that’s backed up by the province's Climate Action Fund aims at harnessing the landfill gases to fuel an electricity-generating gas turbine installed at the landfill. Energy generated by the turbine will fulfill the site’s major electricity requirement and extra power will be sold within neighboring communities.
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The project that uses new techniques and technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions aims to mitigate emissions to 16.1 megatonnes by 2012. A fund amounting to $1.75 million is raised for the Fundy Region Solid Waste Commission's Crane Mountain landfill. The project will result in both composting and electrical generation from landfill gas. First, the greenhouse gases are gathered from the landfill cells into a collection system through a series of pipes. Then the gas is pumped into a cooling system and finally into a generating unit to produce electricity. The green electricity produced will be enough to power 800 to 1,000 homes.
The collection of the turbine systems is expected to be fully functional by next summer and is likely to generate revenue of nearly $500,000. The government of New Brunswick hopes to further reduce emission levels by 10 percent of 16.1 megatonnes by 2020.
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