Seneca, ENER-G in three landfill gas projects
29 Jan 2013
Salford, UK – UK renewable energy generation company ENER-G Natural Power has partnered with Hartlepool-based Seneca Global Energy to generate up to 3.8MW of renewable electricity at three UK landfill sites.
ENER-G will design, build, finance, operate and maintain three renewable energy facilities at Seneca Global Energy’s landfill sites at Blaydon, near Newcastle; Longhill, Hartlepool; and Gilberdyke, Hull. The process will convert methane rich landfill gas into renewable electricity to export to the National Grid.
The landfill gas generation facilities, which could be operational by March 2013, will generate sufficient electricity to power up to 3800 homes. They will cut annual equivalent carbon dioxide (CO2e) from the sites by a total of 117,264 tonnes..
The methane gas will be drawn from the waste through a series of wells and then captured and converted into renewable electricity using ENER-G landfill gas generation equipment, designed and manufactured at the company’s global headquarters in Salford, Greater Manchester. The technology will be housed in small soundproofed enclosures.
“The projects will be funded by ENER-G, including operation and maintenance. Over the past decade we have designed, built and safely operated more than 100 landfill gas facilities, providing in excess of 160MW of generation capacity,” said Hugh Richmond, MD of ENER-G Natural Power.
