By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Thu, 2007-07-26 07:30
A Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit burning a renewable gas is a perfect example of integrating green energy with energy efficiency. In Model City in the state of New York, the Innovative Energy Corporation uses landfill gas to power a CHP unit. By capturing the greenhouse gases and other potentially hazardous landfill emissions, they are prevented from escaping into the atmosphere.
Combining electricity generation with a tomato greenhouse
Collecting and burning landfill gas is a widely commercialized, cost-competitive technology. The Model City Energy project is a best practice case because it also makes optimally use of the heat from the CHP unit. Along with the generation plant, a ten-acre tomato-growing company H2Gro was founded and is now producing 5,000 kg of tomatoes each day.
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