Technology and construction provider to the power industry, The Shaw Group, has announced that its Shaw EMCON/OWT unit has successfully completed a 1.6-megawatt landfill gas-to-electricity turnkey development project at the Western Regional Landfill in Lincoln, California, for client, Energy 2001.
Using its patented Triton Powerpak engine generator technology, Shaw fabricated the two Triton Powerpak units and designed, permitted, and constructed the facility. Facility components were designed in a modular fashion to allow maximum operational flexibility and to allow that the facility can be expanded, depending on LFG availability and overall site development requirements.
Power generated is being sold to the City of Roseville, California through an agreement with the Northern California Power Authority. Shaw holds a ten year contract to operate the landfill gas-to-electricity (LFGTE) plant.
Commenting on the achievement, J. M. Bernhard, chairman and CEO of Shaw said, This is a very important project and one that cements our role as an innovative provider of landfill gas to electricity solutions. Driven by renewable resource regulations and goals, we expect this business to expand considerably in the next few years.