Dive Brief:

• Sunshine Gas Producers announced it began producing electricity from landfill gas at the Sunshine Canyon landfill in Sylmar, CA.
• The project is a partnership between DTE Biomass Energy and EIF Renewable Energy Holdings via its derivative- Landfill Energy Systems. The site is owned and operated by Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc., a subsidiary of Republic Services. 
• The site will generate enough renewable energy to power 25,000 homes in the area. 

Dive Insight:

Richard M. DiGia, the president of EIF Renewable Energy Holdings, said, “We are proud to fulfill California’s 33% renewable energy goal through our investment in this base load electric production facility. The opening of the Sunshine Canyon Landfill facility is another positive step for the use of domestic renewable energy to drive cost-effective and cleaner energy production by enabling the conversion of landfill gas from waste into power generation.” 

In September, Republic Services unveiled two new LGTE projects in the San Francisco Bay area. Combined, the facilities will generate enough electricity to power 5,100 homes in the area annually.