Bowerman Landfill Project

The world’s first commercial landfill gas-to-liquid natural gas project.

 

Bowerman Landfill, Orange County California.

With over 31 million tons of waste in place, the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill is one of the largest landfills in California making it an excellent candidate for Prometheus’ first-of-kind commercial landfill gas (LFG)-to-LNG project.  The landfill is designed to flare all LFG emitted or approximately 7,600 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) of LFG, the equivalent of over 60,000 gallons of LNG per day. In addition, the landfill’s location relative to a growing but established LNG markets make this an excellent project site. The operation will initially produce 5,000 gallons of LNG per day with plans to expand production to up to 40,000 gallons a day in 2008 and 2009.

The initial 5,000 gallon per day plant, which will process 850 standard cubic feet per minute of LFG, was installed in late 2006 and first produced LNG in January, 2007 at a rate of 1,000 gallons per day.  The plant is now in the commissioning phase with a focus on increasing production to reach nameplate capacity of 5,000 gallons per day.

The environmental benefits of the Bowerman LFG-to-LNG project are significant.  According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program, a 40,000 gallon LFG-to-LNG project has environmental benefits equivalent to removing the emissions from over 125,000 vehicles or displacing over 72 million gallons of gasoline.  As a displacement for diesel fuel, LNG provides additional air quality benefits.

The Bowerman Landfill LFG-to-LNG project is a joint venture between Prometheus and Montauk Energy Capital. 

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