A $50 million project in Manatee County, Fla., could make good use of potent landfill gas, turning it into useful fuel for buses and trucks instead of letting it go to waste.
Manatee County and its private partners told WWSB that the Lena Road Landfill facility would be the region’s first project of its kind on Florida’s west coast.
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At the Lena Road Landfill, Manatee County is working with Nopetro Energy, Johnson Controls, and Mead & Hunt to turn landfill gas into usable fuel with a new renewable natural gas facility.
As WWSB reported, the project would capture methane from the landfill, clean it into fuel, and distribute it through existing natural gas pipelines…