Waste Management to Build Landfill Gas to Energy Plant in Arkansas

Date: March 18, 2009

Source: News Room

Waste Management Inc. plans to build Arkansas' second gas-to-energy plant near its Tontitown landfill. The plant will convert methane gas to generate about 5 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 5,000 homes for about 30 years according to company spokesman George Wheatley. It will be a partnership with the Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corp., which will receive a 5 percent discount off its current rate for buying electricity from the new power plant. The company hopes to begin construction this summer and be operational within a year from now.

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