electricity from landfill Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:43:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Solar Development Greens Up Mounds of Trash https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-development-greens-mounds-trash-20141010/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-development-greens-mounds-trash-20141010/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:43:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49589 Green Mountain Power may not be the best name for a power developer that covers a large area with black solar cells.  Just the same, residents of Rutland, Vermont are glad that the solar developer has come to break ground in their town.  The company is putting up a 2MW photovoltaic array on what was […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-development-greens-mounds-trash-20141010/feed/ 2 49589 University of Texas Doubles Electricity Output of Landfill https://www.greenoptimistic.com/university-of-texas-doubles-electricity-output-of-landfill-20121221/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/university-of-texas-doubles-electricity-output-of-landfill-20121221/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:12:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30258 Landfills are not just an eyesore, but also produce methane as their contents decompose. Methane [CH4] is a greenhouse gas, and if not recovered, could accelerate climate change. On the other hand, recovered methane makes a great fuel, which can be used to generate electricity for the very residents and businesses contributing to the landfill. […]

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