BMW, the German automobile giant known for sleek, stylish and advanced engineered automobiles, has taken an innovative approach to “going green.”
A BMW manufacturing plant, located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, recently purchased two Cameron Turbo-Gas 2040™ centrifugal compressors as part of their Landfill Gas-to-Energy project. The TG-2040 is a high-pressure centrifugal compressor Cameron designed specifically for landfill gas management.
With over 30,000 worldwide, landfills are one of the largest sources of methane emissions to the atmosphere. Compounding the issue, methane has 21 times the global warming potential of CO2. In response, Cameron, along with innovative companies like BMW, is developing technologies to capture landfill gas and convert it into clean, cost-effective, usable energy.
Cameron’s TG-2040 compressors will be used to pressurize the methane gas which is transported by a 9.5 mile pipeline from the nearby Palmetto landfill to the Spartanburg BMW facility. The harvested methane gas will be utilized as fuel to power the gas turbines at the BMW facility which are the facility’s primary energy source.
The environmental benefits of this project are noteworthy. In addition to recovering the energy equivalent to the amount it takes to heat 10,000 homes, this project also reduces carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to removing over 60,000 automobiles from U.S. roadways each year.
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