Conservation and Environment
BioMass
CCEC is a partner in a methane generation project at the City of Fargo landfill. The City of Fargo worked with CCEC staff to install a 900kW Caterpillar Genset that utilizes methane from the landfill. Energy from the generator is distributed back to the electrical grid via CCEC distribution lines and is purchased by our power supplier, Minnkota Power Cooperative. The city captures waste heat from the generator to heat the garbage baling facility.
This renewable technology can be applied to large animal confinement facilities too. While the system has great merit, opportunities to increase this area of energy are limited because we have very few methane producing enterprises.