Methane Power Inc

Methane Power is a renewable energy developer focused on landfill gas-to-energy projects, involving the development of solid waste landfills to generate saleable energy.

Methane Power Inc buys the landfill gas rights, designs, installs and operates gas collection and treatment systems and electricity generating plants and sells the end-products, being a combination of renewable energy, RECs and carbon credits, to end-users looking for alternative energy sources.

In 2009, conversion of methane into a renewable source of electricity commenced at the City of Durham Landfill, with Duke Energy Carolinas purchasing both the power and associated Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) generated from the project. Methane is a harmful greenhouse gas, being 21 times more damaging than carbon dioxide. Prior to the project at the City of Durham Landfill, methane was already being captured and destroyed at the site through flaring. However, the installation of this project enables the methane to be destroyed instead in engines, which generates renewable electricity. Methane Power, Inc. is in charge of designing, installing, operating and maintaining 3.3 MW electricity generating plant at the site.