Giant Renewable Landfill-Gas-to-Energy Project Meets California Strict Emission Standards

Montauk Energy worked with Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation to develop and commission a $60 million, 113,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art renewable energy power plant to generate electrical power by capturing and conditioning the landfill gas.

As a sprawling 725-acre operation, the F.R. Bowerman Landfill is one of the largest landfills in the United States. The landfill, located in Orange County, California, contains an estimated 31 million tons of waste.

Chile considers bill to boost renewable energy

High costs of energy due to a severe drought that has severely impaired hydro power plants coupled with restrictions in the capacity of transmission systems has once again put renewable energy in the sight of authorities as a way to decrease reliance of hydro and coal-based electricity.

Also the campaign promise of President Piñera to reach a goal that 20 percent of the energy demand in Chile is supplied by renewable energy by 2020, provides the political backdrop required for new legislation.

Recently, the Chilean Senate approved a bill that would move to country toward more widespread adoption of non-conventional renewable energies.