Dive summary:

• The climate and demographics of Alaska make it tricky to build a landfill Waste-To-Energy plant but it will finally be done later this year in Anchorage.
• Anchorage opened its landfill in 1987 and has been flaring the gas for quite some time, the first gas collection system was build in 2006 but facing a slew of difficulties, the landfill hasn’t been able to convert the gas to energy until now.
• The energy will be directed towards the joint Army-Air Force base Elmendorf-Richardson which is next to the landfill and has part of the landfill gas-to-energy on its property.

From the article:

Alaska is called the last frontier, and that designation could apply to landfill gas-to-energy projects as well. The state’s first such project will open later this year in Anchorage. It could be the state’s last as well. But it’s a project that met the challenge of Alaska’s unique climate and demographics. ...