Ohio waste authority receives OK to build landfill methanol plant
 
May 12 --

An Ohio solid waste agency has gotten its final air permit for a proposed facility that will produce methanol and compressed natural gas from its landfill.

The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio plans to build a plant to produce some 20 million gallons of methanol per year, which will be used to manufacture biodiesel fuel. The Green Energy Center also will us landfill gas also generate 1.6 megawatts of electricity.

FirmGreen Fuels LLC, based in Newport Beach, Calif., will operate the center and buy the gas from the solid waste authority.

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