Articles > Business magazines > Trade magazines > Waste News articles > February 2005

Article: Landfill gas powers GM again.(News)(General Motors Corp)

Article from:
Waste News
Article date:
February 28, 2005
Copyright

Byline: Jim Johnson

General Motors Corp. does a lot of things in a big way.

And using landfill gas to help power its operations is one of them.

The world's largest automaker is adding another site to its landfill-gas-to-energy portfolio by tapping methane created by Oklahoma City's Southeastern OKC landfill, which is owned by Allied Waste Industries Inc.

The landfill gas is piped to General Motors' Oklahoma City assembly plant, where a modified steam boiler burns landfill gas instead of natural gas, the company said.

The company makes three models at the assembly plant: the GMC Envoy XL, the GMC Envoy XUV and the Chevrolet ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Oklahoma City Construction Firm Cuts Costs with ...
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK);  October 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... called "landfill gas" -- roughly ... Construction of Oklahoma City, said the ... existed." Landfill gas is a natural ... the three Oklahoma City landfills ... companies in Oklahoma City buying the landfill gas and using ...

Article: General Motors' Oklahoma City assembly plant draws ...
THE JOURNAL RECORD;  February 11, 2005 ;     427 words ... ... General Motors' Oklahoma City assembly plant will use landfill gas, increasing the ... Additionally, GM's landfill gas projects have ... The company's Oklahoma City plant, at 7447 ... facilities use landfill gas to power plant ...

Article: GM plant uses landfill gas for energy.
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK);  February 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... right thing to do." The landfill gas used by the Oklahoma City plant will save GM about ... Landfill, also supplies landfill gas to Oklahoma City companies TJ Campbell ... company Cinergy, for the landfill gas project. Arcadian operates ...

Article: DTE Biomass Energy Delivers Landfill Gas to Georgia ...
PR Newswire;  November 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... began delivering landfill gas collected from the Oklahoma City, Okla., landfill ... billion cubic feet of landfill gas, which is 50 percent ... Kyoto, Japan. The Oklahoma City project is DTE Biomass Energy's 24th landfill gas-to- energy project ...

Article: LANDFILL GAS POWERS GM OKLAHOMA PLANT
BioCycle;  May 1, 2005 ;     289 words ... ... become the largest nonutility direct user of landfill gas with the connection at its Oklahoma City Assembly plant last month. By using methane ... over 25,000 households. Partners in the Oklahoma City project include the City, Allied Waste ...

Article: GM Shreveport Operations Becomes Fourth Plant to Use ...
PR Newswire;  April 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... location to utilize landfill gas as energy and is helping ... Assembly -- also use landfill gas to power plant boilers ... project is underway at Oklahoma City Assembly. In addition ... Blanc, Mich. utilizes landfill gas by purchasing eight ...

Article: GM modifies La. plant to burn landfill ...
Waste News;  April 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... non-utility user of landfill gas in the country, is ... Other GM sites that use landfill gas are in Fort Wayne ... project at a GM site in Oklahoma City is under construction ... to the GM site. The landfill gas will supply about one ...

Article: Oklahoma City Landfill Operators Explore Uses for ...
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK);  October 29, 2003 ;     500 words ... ... orange flames dance in front of Oklahoma City's three landfills 24 hours ... that the cost of using the landfill gas often outweighs the savings ... East Oak landfill in northeast Oklahoma City. Landfill gas -- roughly half methane and ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives