Gas to energy installation moves forward at Lebanon landfill

A 38,000 pound container holding four turbines for the gas-to-energy project at the landfill in Lebanon, N.H., is guided into place by engineer Sean Bent, of ECS, second from right, and Sam Stephenson, of Moores Crane, right, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. With construction to be completed in mid-November and power generation to begin by the end of 2024, the one megawatt system should produce enough electricity to offset the needs of all of Lebanon's city-owned buildings. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

A 38,000 pound container holding four turbines for the gas-to-energy project at the landfill in Lebanon, N.H., is guided into place by engineer Sean Bent, of ECS, second from right, and Sam Stephenson, of Moores Crane, right, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. With construction to be completed in mid-November and power generation to begin by the end of 2024, the one megawatt system should produce enough electricity to offset the needs of all of Lebanon's city-owned buildings. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Katherine Hunt, of Engineered Construction Services, tapes off the end of a stainless steel gas pipe after cleaning the interior with alcohol at the site of the Lebanon, N.H., landfill gas to energy project on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Twenty years after the project to burn methane gas produced in the landfill to generate electricity was conceived, the system is expected to be in use by the end of 2024. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Katherine Hunt, of Engineered Construction Services, tapes off the end of a stainless steel gas pipe after cleaning the interior with alcohol at the site of the Lebanon, N.H., landfill gas to energy project on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Twenty years after the project to burn methane gas produced in the landfill to generate electricity was conceived, the system is expected to be in use by the end of 2024. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Todd Oplinus, of Engineered Construction Services, works on a catwalk for accessing tanks where impurities like silicone will be removed from methane gas produced at the Lebanon Landfill on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. The installation of equipment that will clean and burn the gas, a byproduct of decomposing waste in the landfill, to produce electricity began earlier this month. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Todd Oplinus, of Engineered Construction Services, works on a catwalk for accessing tanks where impurities like silicone will be removed from methane gas produced at the Lebanon Landfill on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. The installation of equipment that will clean and burn the gas, a byproduct of decomposing waste in the landfill, to produce electricity began earlier this month. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Equipment that will clean methane gas of impurities before it is burned to generate electricity, is housed in a shed that was set into place by a crane at the Lebanon, N.H., landfill on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Equipment that will clean methane gas of impurities before it is burned to generate electricity, is housed in a shed that was set into place by a crane at the Lebanon, N.H., landfill on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Published: 10-10-2024 7:01 PM

Twenty years after the project to burn methane gas produced in the Lebanon landfill to generate electricity was conceived, installation of equipment is underway to clean and burn methane gas, a byproduct of decomposing waste in the landfill. Expected to be in use by the end of the year, the 1-megawatt system should produce enough electricity to offset the needs of all of Lebanon's city-owned buildings.

— James M. Patterson

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