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Pearl Hollow Landfill Plant
Hardin County, Ky.
East Kentucky Power Cooperative’s (EKPC) fourth renewable energy venture, a landfill
gas-to-electricity plant at the Pearl Hollow Landfill in Hardin County, Ky., began
commercial operation in January 2006.
The $4 million plant, which produces electric power from decaying trash, joins three
other EKPC landfill gas-to-electric plants (in Greenup, Laurel and Boone counties). The
Hardin County plant includes a 5,000-square-foot building and three Caterpillar low emission
engine/generators, producing approximately 2.4 megawatts of power. Two
additional engines are expected to be added within five years, bringing total output from
the plant to 4.0 megawatts of power.
Of
the 6,000 landfills across the U.S., there are about 340 with landfill
gas-to-electric projects currently in operation. The Environmental
Protection Agency estimates as many as 500 additional landfills could cost
effectively tap methane as an energy source, producing enough electricity
to power one million homes across the country. EKPC now ranks as one of
the leaders in renewable energy production in the Southeastern United
States.
Pearl Hollow Capacity:
2.4 megawatts
Pearl Hollow Landfill
1598 Audubon Trace
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Plant Operator: Bill Kennedy
To arrange a tour call 270-735-1570
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