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Chiquita Canyon Producing Clean Energy

In October 2011, Chiquita Canyon, with the help of LA County Supervisor, Michael D. Antonovich, opened a 9.2 Mega Watt Clean Energy Facility which converts methane gas from the landfill into energy. The Clean Energy Facility, operated by Ameresco, allows the Chiquita Canyon to operate sustainably using energy generated on-site to power the landfill and then put additional clean energy megawatts on the power grid.

“All of us at Waste Connections and Chiquita Canyon could not be happier to have this new clean energy facility up and running,” said Jim Little, Senior Vice President of Waste Connections. “It’s truly a great story of sustainability and one that serves as a model for other landfills across the country. The ability to take a disposal facility and turn it into a generator of clean energy is truly amazing.”

With the new power plant in operation Chiquita Canyon will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45,000 tons.

“From the environmental prospective, the annual green benefits expected from the carbon reduction are equivalent to the following: the planting of 83,191 trees, the removal of 74,602 automobiles from the road, and the conservation of 1,044,960 barrels of oil,” said William Cunningham, Senior Vice President, Ameresco.