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Palmetto Landfill Gas Drives BMW
Plant.
Methane gas drawn from Waste Management's Palmetto Landfill is providing
approximately 25 percent of the energy needs at BMW's manufacturing
facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina. To use the gas, a 9.5-mile
pipeline was built in 2003 from Palmetto Landfill to the BMW plant,
where it drives generators. Turning  this
methane into energy reduces carbon dioxide emissions equivalent
to removing close to 61,000 automobiles from U.S. highways each
year. The green power harnessed by this project also equals the
amount necessary to heat about 15,000 homes a year. Recently, the
EPA recognized the automaker for its use of an alternative power
source for electricity. BMW received the EPA's Green Star Award
for serving as a role model for other green power purchasers.
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