Don't waste your waste. Turn it into energy.

Jenbacher engines from GE use the landfill gas created during the decomposition of organic substances in a landfill, consisting of methane, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. With a calorific value of approximately 5 kWh/Nm³, landfill gas constitutes a high-value fuel for gas engines that can be effectively used for power generation.


Benefits
  • Problem waste gas is converted to an energy source
  • Methane (CH4) releases into the atmosphere are reduced or eliminated
  • The climate relevant effect (Global Warming Potential, GWP) of methane is 21 times higher than that of CO2
  • Landfill gas presents an alternative to conventional fuels
  • Highly efficient for power generation with gas engines
  • More than 1,100 Jenbacher gas engines with a total capacity of 1,050 MW run on landfill gas, generating 8.3 million MWh per year: sufficient to power 667,500 American homes, 2 million EU homes, 4.4 million Chinese homes for one year

The use of landfill gas in Europe is already highly developed, and the conversion of landfill gas to energy has reached a high degree of utilization. Globally, there is still a huge potential for utilizing this waste gas for power generation.

Press Releases
May 24, 2007 - GE Energy's Jenbacher Engine Powers World's First Commercial Landfill Gas Conversion Plant to Supply Fuel For Public vehicles
Jan 12, 2007 - GE's Gen-Sets To Power South Africa's First Landfill Methane Plants
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