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Seneca Meadows: The First Landfill Gas-to-Vehicle Fuel Project in New York State Richard M. DiGia President EIF Renewable Energy Holdings Novi, MI - Oakfield, NY The Power of Waste: Renewable Natural Gas for Long Island October 14, 2014. Landfill Gas to Energy.
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Seneca Meadows: The First Landfill Gas-to-Vehicle Fuel Project in New York State Richard M. DiGia President EIF Renewable Energy Holdings Novi, MI - Oakfield, NY The Power of Waste: Renewable Natural Gas for Long Island October 14, 2014
LandfillGas to Energy • EIF Renewable Energy Holdings • Types of Recovery Projects • Facilities in US • Re-Emergence of Pipeline Quality Gas or Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Projects
EIF Renewable Energy Holdings • Own and/or operate one of the largest LFG portfolios in the US • 265 MWe of base load renewable energy • 38 Renewable Power Projects • 6 Renewable Natural Gas Projects • 13 projects in New York • 4 facilities qualified to produce RNG
Project Locations Clinton Coventry DANC Fulton Model City & Modern Seneca Colonie Winnebago Ontario Ocean Energy & MRPC Keifer II Hyland Steuben Auburn Millersville Butler Salt Lake County Line I-95 Sonoma Erie Chautauqua KCLFG SWACO Sunshine New York Assets Winston-Salem OKC Trail Ridge Brevard Hernando Electric Pine Tree Acres Seminole Ann Arbor Electric O&M Riverview Sarasota Carleton Farms Adrian High/Medium BTU New Development Michigan Assets ____________________ Note: Size reflects illustrative facility capacity. .
LFG Energy Recovery Projects • LFG generation/collection • The three primary methods for utilizing landfill gas • electric power generation • direct use medium-BTU industrial fuels • production of RNG
Type of Projects in US Source: 2013 Update of U.S. Landfill Gas-to-Energy Projects published by the U.S. EPA
Types of Projects in New York Source: 2013 Update of U.S. Landfill Gas-to-Energy Projects published by the U.S. EPA
Electric Generation • Internal Combustion Engine • Gas Turbine • Steam Turbine • Micro Turbine
Direct Use • Industrial FuelBurning Equipment • Steam Boilers • Aggregate Dryers –Asphalt Production • Brick Kiln • Leachate Evaporation
Renewable Natural Gas • Organic Solvents • Membranes • Adsorption
Renewable Natural Gas Seneca KCLFG SWACO KCLFG SWACO OKC OKC
US Natural Gas Pipelines Transportation of gas opens markets across the US
RNG Math • Four Facilities – NY, OH, KS, OK • Combined Production Capacity • 11,000 MMBtu/Day • MMBtu to GGE of CNG = 12.98* • 142,780 GGE per day • Annually displaces 52 million gallons of gasoline • Annual reduction of 124 million tons of CO2 emissions* from gasoline * Based on USEPA conversion factors
RNG Math • Seneca New York Facility • Production Capacity • 2,000 MMBtu/Day • 25,960 GGE per day • The average convenience store sells 4,000 gallons of gasoline per day * • 6 ½ average stations to sell output from Seneca based on gasoline sales • Access to national pipeline network mandatory to move production to markets * Based on NACS bulletin
RNG – Legislative and Policy Considerations • Federal • Encourage all renewable uses • Long term certainty • Realistic and timely rule making • States • Adopt low carbon fuel standard • Encourage pipeline access • Qualify broad range of resources