Landfill Gas
Data
For: 2006
Release Date: April 2008
Next Release Date: April 2009
| Table
1.7 Waste Energy Consumption by Type of Waste and Energy Use Sector, 2006 (Trillion Btu) | |||||
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| Type | Sector | ||||
| Commercial | Industrial | Electric Power | Total | ||
| Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
| Total | 36 | 140 | 15 | 216 | 407 |
| Landfill Gas | 4 | 74 | 8 | 64 | 150 |
| MSW Biogenica | 26 | 6 | 4 | 135 | 171 |
| Other Biomassb | 7 | 61 | 3 | 16 | 86 |
| a Includes
paper and paper board, wood, food, leather, textiles and yard trimmings. b Agriculture byproducts/crops, sludge waste, and other biomass solids, liquids and gases. MSW = Municipal Solid Waste Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report," Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report," and Government Advisory Associates, Resource Recovery Yearbook and Methane Recovery Yearbook; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Landfill Methane Outreach Program estimates; and analysis conducted by the Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels. | |||||
| More Data on Landfill Gas | Formats | ||
| Table 1.7 Waste Energy Consumption by Type of Waste and Energy Use Sector | xls | ||
| Table 1.11 Electricity Net Generation From Renewable Energy by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source | xls | ||
| Table 1.12 U.S. Electric Net Summer Capacity | xls | ||
| Table 1.13 Renewable Electricity Net Generation by Energy Source and Census Division | xls | ||
| Table 1.14 Industrial Biomass Electricity Net Generation by Census Division and Energy Sources | xls | ||
| Municipal solid waste contains significant portions of organic materials that produce a variety of gaseous products when dumped, compacted, and covered in landfills. Anaerobic bacteria thrives in the oxygen-free environment, resulting in the decomposition of the organic materials and the production of primarily carbon dioxide and methane. Carbon dioxide is likely to leach out of the landfill because it is soluble in water. Methane, on the other hand, which is less soluble in water and lighter than air, is likely to migrate out of the landfill. Landfill gas energy facilities capture the methane (the principal component of natural gas) and combust it for energy.
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