University of New Hampshire piping in landfill gas to cut use of fossil fuels

A big “Go Wildcats!” to the University of New Hampshire, where I attended my freshmen year of college (96/97), for their switch to landfill gas as the campus’s primary energy source. They are building a pipeline from a nearby landfill that will reduce their use of fossil fuels by 85%.

Inside Greentech has the full scoop, here’s a quick bit…

The University of New Hampshire in Durham announced today that the campus will run primarily on gas piped in from Waste Management’s (NYSE: WMI) landfill in Rochester.

Construction is expected to start immediately on the EcoLine gas processing plant.

The University of New Hampshire is the first university in the nation to use landfill gas as its primary energy source.

The landfill gas will replace commercial natural gas as the primary fuel in UNH’s cogeneration plant, enabling UNH to receive 80 to 85 percent of its energy from a renewable source.

“By reducing the university’s dependence on fossil fuels and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, EcoLine is an environmentally and fiscally responsible initiative,” said UNH president Mark Huddleston.

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