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Table 9. Florida Landfill Gas Projects, Candidate, and Potential LandfillsLandfill NameLandfill CityLandfillCountyWaste InPlace(tons)Project StatusSouth Dade SW Reduction Facility Goulds Miami-Dade PotentialToytown SLF St. Petersburg Pinellas PotentialSource: EPA, Landfill Methane Outreach Program Database.MWCapacityPoultry WastesFlorida has two primary types of poultry operations, broilers and layers. Broiler litter haslower moisture content and might be used in direct combustion, while layer litter has highermoisture content and might be used in on-farm digesters. The broiler and layer numbers by BEAregion, along with the estimated kWh that could be derived from each type of poultry manure isshown in Table 10. The region with the largest potential for electricity from poultry waste is theGainesville Region, with potential for .9 million kWh from digestion of layer litter and 198.6 millionkWh from direct fire of broiler litter.Table 10. Projected Potential for Electric Generation from Poultry Wastes, FloridaBEANumber ofLayersEstimatedkWh/year aNumber ofBroilersEstimatedkWh/year bMiami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach 14,272 50,009Orlando-The Villages 20,817 72,943Panama City-Lynn Haven 8,163 28,603 3,238,020 11,346,022Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 2,619 9,177 3,124,261 10,947,411Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice 12,595 44,133Tallahassee 1,561 5,470 6,328,438 22,174,847Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 5,174 18,130Gainesville 251,526 881,347 56,686,041 198,627,888Jacksonville 6,001 21,028Florida 317,554 1,112,709 69,381,934 243,114,297a The estimate of kWh per layer is .0096 per day (Source: California Energy Commission Website,Renewable Energy Research).bThe estimate of kWh per broiler .0068 per day (Source: California Energy Commission WebsiteRenewable Energy Research).Dairy ManureElectricity from dairy manure can be produced from on-farm digester systems. Florida hasjust under 88,000 dairy cows. The majority of these dairy cows are located in the Miami-FortLauderdale-Miami Beach and Gainesville Regions. The dairy cattle in these two regions have thepotential to produce about 27.3 million kWh of electricity (See Table 11).12 ___ Federal Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Impacts on Florida