BMW extends waste-to-energy deal to power manufacturing plant in the US
In North Carolina, Power Engineering reported that BMW extended a waste-to-energy agreement to power its local manufacturing plant.
Currently, about 20% of the Spartanburg plant’s total energy needs are provided by landfill gas.
The company announced last week that it will extend its partnership with Ameresco for an additional eight years. Ameresco had constructed the 9.5-mile pipeline from the Palmetto Landfill to Plant Spartanburg. BMW estimates that more than 9,200 tons of CO2 emissions have been reduced each year over the course of the project and nearly 74,000 tons of CO2 emissions will be reduced over the next eight years, according to the report.
BMW’s Plant Spartanburg has an annual production capacity of up to 450,000 vehicles and employs more than 11,000 people.
Category: Fuels
