The Anchorage landfill is considering building a 7.5 million-dollar power plant that produces electricity from the landfills methane. The methane gas is a byproduct from the decomposing waste in the landfill. At the moment the landfill is required, under the federal Clean Air Act, to collect the methane and burn it in a flare. The collection system captures about 1,350 cubic feet of gas per minute, and it is predicted that this rate of production will continue for 60 more years. The city of Anchorage is looking for an interested partner company, which would help build and maintain the plant. If the proposal does go through, the electricity from the plant would be able to power 2,500 homes.
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