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PROJECT UPDATES - Shreveport Louisiana
In January of 1999, Renovar Shreveport,
L.L.C. "Renovar" completed construction
of a Landfill Gas "LFG" collection system at the Woolworth
Road Landfill near
Shreveport, Louisiana. Pursuant to a long-term contract with
the City of
Shreveport, Renovar installed, owns and operates the LFG collection
system
consisting of initially, 31 gas extraction wells interconnected
by a high-density
polyethylene piping system. The piping network comes to a
common point where
Renovar has designed, constructed and operates a Landfill-Gas-to-
Energy use
facility.
In January 2002, Renovar signed a long-term
LFG sales contract with General
Motors Corporation "GM" that will put the LFG to a beneficial
use at the GM
Shreveport Assembly Plant. Renovar laid a seven (7) mile pipeline
to the GM
Plant and also constructed an LFG compression and dehydration
facility that
enables the LFG to be processed at the landfill and transported
to the GM Plant.
The processing plant first removes free liquid and solids
through a suction
scrubber, then compresses the LFG and is then dehydrated through
a refrigeration
system. The refrigeration system reduces the temperature of
the LFG so that free
liquids can be extracted and the gas is dry as it is transported
in the pipeline to GM.
GM uses the LFG to fuel steam boilers at
the plant for both heating and cooling
purposes. The LFG will offset the use of natural gas purchases.
This is the 4th
plant that GM has modified to be able to utilize LFG and like
the other plants,
GM is enthusiastic about the environmental benefits of renewable
energy. Both
Renovar and GM are active participants in the EPAšs Landfill
Methane
Outreach Program.
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