Dive summary:
- Next summer some San Antonio residents will be receiving green energy generated from the local landfill.
- Construction for the waste-to-energy plant will start in March and work in conjunction with the city owned Nelson Gardens landfill.
- The plant is expected to be up and running by July with a capacity of 4.24 megawatts.
From the article:
The plant's output “is not a lot in the grand scheme of things for CPS,” said Thomas Kennedy, a principal at Nelson Gardens Energy and Greenfield Energy. Yet it would contribute to CPS' renewable-energy portfolio.
Kennedy estimates that his company will sell about 33 million kilowatt-hours to CPS each year.
CPS has more than 728,000 electric customers, and average usage per customer is 1,100 kilowatt-hours a month, the utility said. That would equal demand of more than 801 million kilowatt-hours a month. ...
