Ameren to use landfill waste for power

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By The Associated Press

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — Waste at a St. Louis County landfill will help generate enough electricity to power thousands of homes under a plan by the utility company AmerenUE.

Ameren officials on Thursday announced an agreement to install combustion turbines at Fred Weber Inc.'s landfill in northwest St. Louis County. The turbines will use methane gas from the decomposition of landfill waste to generate about 15 megawatts of electricity.

Ameren says that's roughly enough to provide electricity for 10,000 homes. The "Methane to Megawatts" operation is expected to be up and running by 2011. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

AmerenUE says the project will be the largest landfill gas-electric facility in Missouri and among the largest in the nation.

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