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Cat Generator Sets: How Renewable Landfill Energy Works

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Modern landfills are required to install gas collection systems to capture and destroy the methane gasses that are naturally produced within a landfill. These gases are burned in a flare. Rather than eliminating landfill gas by simply burning it off, Caterpillar can help you turn it into a renewable fuel by providing gas-fueled engine-generators that can produce electric power from landfill gas. Learn more: www.catelectricpowerinfo.com
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Landfill Power: Turning Gas into Energy

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Renewable energy comes from landfills. Waste Management produces enough energy from its landfills to power over 400000 homes. Through a process called "landfill-gas-to-energy", we are ensuring that the waste we collect does not necessarily go to waste.