They have become attractive to technology companies and airlines, which have large fuel demands but still want to be carbon neutral.
In this case, Dominion Energy has agreements with methane-capture projects in Utah and Missouri and a hardwood forest conservation project in Minnesota.
That methane is trapped in the liner, and the landfill has a series of wells and a vacuum that sucks it out and uses it as fuel for three electrical generators.
The Trans-Jordan project has been producing electricity since 2005 under a partnership with Murray.
Still, it’s an open question as to how many people will participate in CarbonRight.
“The climate challenge requires us all to think holistically.
Dominion is quick to point out that natural gas is the cleanest of the fossil fuels, which is why most of the coal-fired power plants in the nation have been replaced by natural gas turbines.
According to Andrew Hegewald, gas business development manager at Dominion, that test is going to be expanded in the next two years to about 2,500 Dominion households in one service area.