KALISPELL — The Flathead County Landfill and Flathead Electric Cooperative (FEC) have teamed up to turn methane gas from the landfill into energy.
The project started in 2009 and at that time was the only landfill gas-to-energy plant in Montana.
The systems use the methane gas produced from the breakdown of trash. Before the installation of the generators, they just burned the gas but now, they use it to produce local renewable energy.
Last year an additional generator was added to ensure the use of all the gas produced by the landfill.
“It’s something that benefits the community. Flathead County is required to spend all the time and effort to collect the gas and to just burn it without a beneficial use would be a shame. So, glad that Flathead Electric could join in the partnership and make some beneficial use from the gas,” said Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Ashley Keltner.
FEC serves 58,000 members with electricity produced…
