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BMW expands landfill-methane electrical generation at Spartanburg plant

Since 2002, BMW's assembly plant in Spartanburg, SC has been using methane captured from a nearby landfill site to fuel electrical generators. As part of the current expansion of the plant to support the addition of X3 production, BMW has invested another $12 million to expand power generation from methane. The original system of four turbines has been replaced by two larger, more efficient turbines. The result is that the turbines can now generate 30% of the plant's electricity needs from the same amount of methane, up from 14% with the old ... Read more →

Georgia company quits cellulosic ethanol in favor of garbage methane Sam Abuelsamid

The company formerly known as Xethanol Corp, is now known as Global Energy Holdings Group. As a renamed and reorganized company, it has dropped its focus on cellulosic ethanol in the face of falling ...

Waste Management to expand landfill gas to energy efforts Sam Abuelsamid

Trash hauling and burying company Waste Management Inc is going to spend $400 million over the next five years to generate power at sixty of the landfill sites they run. Methane in the atmosphere has ...

BMW expands landfill-methane electrical generation at Spartanburg plant 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Since 2002, BMW's assembly plant in Spartanburg, SC has been using methane captured from a nearby landfill site to fuel electrical generators. As part of the current expansion of the plant to support the addition of X3 production, BMW has invested another $12 million to expand power generation from ...

Georgia company quits cellulosic ethanol in favor of garbage methane 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The company formerly known as Xethanol Corp, is now known as Global Energy Holdings Group. As a renamed and reorganized company, it has dropped its focus on cellulosic ethanol in the face of falling ethanol prices. Instead, the company will take a more wide-ranging approach that includes tapping ...

Waste Management to expand landfill gas to energy efforts 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Trash hauling and burying company Waste Management Inc is going to spend $400 million over the next five years to generate power at sixty of the landfill sites they run. Methane in the atmosphere has greenhouse effects ten times greater than carbon dioxide and a lot of it is generated from ...


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