Coast Guard cuts deal for Baltimore’s landfill gas [View All]

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http://www.navytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2362372.php

Officials at the Curtis Bay Shipyard, Md., signed an agreement Nov. 1 with Baltimore to purchase the city’s waste methane gas and use it to power and heat the yard.

The gas, generated naturally at the city’s landfill as part of the solid-waste decay process, will be processed through a “cogeneration” plant at the yard to produce electricity and steam.

The contract is likely to save the yard $2 million a year in electricity and natural gas costs, a Coast Guard official said.

“The electricity will power all our office buildings plus the shipyard’s machine shops,” said Rick Eschenbach, Curtis Bay’s chief of maintenance and operations.

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