Peak Oil Task Force Report - City of Bloomington - State of Indiana

Re‐establishing a local landfill will be critical in a post‐peak community. Not only will the
relocalization of our waste drastically reduce the amount of fuel used to transport the
trash, but a landfill using a landfill‐to‐biogas system strengthens our community’s
commitment to cleaner air, renewable energy, economic development, improved public
welfare and safety, and reductions in greenhouse gases.
“Together, the Logansport and Liberty landfills now generate enough electricity to power about 5,100 homes.
Beasy said that the 3.1‐megawatt Oakridge plant generates the same amount of electricity each year as
50,000 barrels of oil. Since going online, he said the site has produced 131 million kilowatts of electricity – or
the equivalent of 267,917 barrels of oil. He said the Oakridge facility about 40 miles northeast of Lafayette
uses four generator engines that churn out 3,100 kilowatts of electricity per hour.”
Clark‐Floyd Landfill Methane Generation Project description via Hoosier Energy:
http://www.hepn.com/clark‐floyd.asp
• Hoosier Energy has constructed an electricity generation plant at the Clark-Floyd Landfill that produces
two megawatts of renewable energy
• At two megawatts of capacity, the $4 million landfill generation project provides enough electricity for
about 1,200 typical homes. The landfill is located on a 400-acre site in Clark County.
• The project received a $100,000 Alternative Power and Energy Program grant from the Indiana Office of
Energy and Defense Development.
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