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Utility to make power from Lincoln landfill gas

Story Created: Nov 8, 2011 at 5:02 PM CDT

Story Updated: Nov 8, 2011 at 5:02 PM CDT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Lincoln Electric System has agreed to buy
landfill gas from the city of Lincoln.

The city and the utility announced their 20-year deal on
Tuesday. There also is an option to extend the deal 15 years.

The first-year gas cost will be about $300,000 for a million
British thermal units a year. The utility says electricity
generated from that amount of gas could meet the annual needs of
more than 2,400 households.

The utility will invest about $6.4 million for methane gas
cleaning and compressing equipment, a gas pipeline and generating
equipment. The location of the generation plant is being studied.


(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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