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ENER-G partners with Seneca over landfill energy project

A rubbish renewable energy project in the North East has gained backing from a new partnership between Seneca Global Energy and ENER-G.

The scheme, which hopes to generate up to 3.8 megawatts of energy by capturing methane rising from landfill sites in Blaydon, near Newcastle, Longhill, Hartlepool and Gilberdyke in Hull.

Seneca Global Energy and ENER-G will work together to draw gas from the piled waste through a series of wells and convert it into usable energy that can be exported to the National Grid.

ENER-G will oversee operations from the design right through to maintenance of the three sites, which the companies anticipate will open in March 2013.

Renewable energy generated from the sites will have the capacity to power up to 3,800 homes, while an equivalent 117,264 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be cut from the landfill gas generation sites, which is the same amount gathered annually by over 96,000 acres of land filled with pine or fir trees.

Methane collected from the North East locations will be processed using ENER-G gas equipment manufactured in the firm’s headquarters in Salford, Manchester, which will be housed in small sound-proofed buildings.

Seneca Global Energy’s Neil Elliott said: “This is a safe and proven world class method for converting landfill gas into green energy and we are proud to partner with ENER-G, which is a global leader in landfill gas management.

“This is the best available technology for controlling methane gas emissions and turning a greenhouse gas into renewable energy that can supply affordable clean energy while meeting the UK’s climate change targets.”

Hugh Richmond, managing director of ENER-G Natural Power added: “We are delighted to work with Seneca Global Energy to help them realise the full renewable energy potential of landfill gas. The projects will be funded by ENER-G, including operation and maintenance.

“Over the past decade we have designed, built and safely operated more than 100 landfill gas facilities, providing in excess of 160MW of generation capacity.”

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