Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site - Landfill Gas to Energy Project
The Northern Colorado Clean Energy Network and NCRES are planning a tour of the Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site to see the new Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project.
Today’s modern, engineered landfill is an environmentally sound system for waste disposal that minimizes the impact on the environment. Landfills also offer a clean, renewable energy resource that is generated continuously through the decomposition of waste in landfills. This resource is known as landfill gas or methane.
Most landfills collect landfill gas, a greenhouse gas, and burn it in a flare system to destroy it. Instead of simply flaring the gas, the Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site will use this gas to generate electricity. Our tour director from Waste Management will explain how this is done and answer any questions you may have about it.
Date/Time: Meet on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at 8:15
a.m. We will depart at 8:25 a.m.
Meeting place: Northwest corner of Harmony Road/I-25
Park-and-Ride in Fort Collins, CO
The park-and-ride is located just north of the first traffic light when you head west on Harmony Road from I-25.
We will leave at 8:25 a.m. and carpool to the Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site which is located in Aurora south of Denver International Airport . Directions from Harmony/I-25 intersection:
The address for the site is 3500 S. Gun Club Road, Aurora, CO for those who want to program a GPS.
It may be faster to take E-470, but it is a toll road. The tour is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.
The tour should take about 1.5 - 2 hours and the drive time each way from Fort Collins will be about 1.5 hours.
If you want to go on the trip, please contact Lee Devlin via email at lee810@yahoo.com or by phone at 970-978-6188 and let me know the names of the people you're bringing, and whether you will be carpooling. That phone number is my cell phone that I'll have with me at the time of the tour in case you need to contact me.
See some write-ups of our previous energy tours: