Article: Ky. unveils 1st LFG projects.(News)(East Kentucky Power Cooperative plans Kentucky's first three landfill gas-to-energy plants)

Byline: Jim Johnson

The East Kentucky Power Cooperative plans to construct Kentucky's first three landfill gas-to-energy plants producing a combined 10 megawatts of power.

The plants will cost about $4 million each and are scheduled to begin production by this fall.

The plants will be at the Bavarian landfill in Walton, the Green Valley landfill in Greenup County and the Laurel Ridge landfill near London.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved the projects and the Kentucky Division of Air has issued air permits, clearing the way for the work to begin, the power cooperative said.

``We will be taking a naturally ...

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