Landfill Gas-to-Energy Data
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Capacity
Room to grow as the waste on the site increases.
 
May 1999 capacity
2013 capacity
Maximum capacity		 8.4 MW
23+ MW
50+ MW

Fuel source
Methane produced at the region’s largest landfill, located in southeastern Klickitat County.
 
Waste on site
Capactiy
Fuel:energy		 12 million tons
120 million tons
1 million tons of waste = 1 MW

Power sales
Output was offered to public and private utilities seeking an affordable, ultra green source of energy.
 
First sales customers
 
 

Snohomish PUD (5 MW)
Benton PUD (1 MW)
Clallam PUD (1 MW)
Pacific PUD (1/3 MW)

Design, construction
National Energy Production Corp. (NEPCO), Redmond, Wash.
 
Hardware Phase 1: 5 Waukesha gas engines (2.1 MW each)

Utility profile
Klickitat PUD serves all of Klickitat County, in south central Washington.
 
Customers
Annual load		 9,900
297 million kWh
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