Granger Energy’s Lanchester Landfill Gas Utilization Project won a 2005 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for implementing the first multiple-customer landfill-gas-to-energy project in the Commonwealth. Apply now for a 2007 award.

The project takes methane gas produced at the Lanchester Landfill and pipes it to commercial customers who use it to fuel their facilities.

“This is yet another example of how Pennsylvania is working with residents and businesses to make environmental protection an engine to fuel economic growth,” said DEP Deputy Secretary Daniel Desmond. “This project takes what once was considered a waste and uses it as an alternative energy source.”

The methane gas had been flared at the landfill until Granger developed a plan to pipe it 13 miles underground to customers who use it as a cost-effective fuel source. Enough landfill gas will be used annually to save 122,800 barrels of oil, offset the use of 250 railcars of coal, provide greenhouse gas reduction benefits equal to planting 15,600 acres of forest, remove emissions of 11,500 cars or heat 33,900 homes.

Granger Energy was one of 12 winners of the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence in 2005.

Apply now for a 2007 award.

8/11/2006