ENER-G partners with Seneca to power three 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 could be operational by March 2013, cutting 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 electricity using ENER-G landfill gas generation equipment, designed and manufactured at the company’s global headquarters in Salford, Greater Manchester.