Granger Energy Project Map

Brent Run Generating Station, which went online in October 1998, marks the first Granger project in which electricity was sold directly to an end user. The generating station, located in Montrose, Michigan, produces 2.2 megawatts of electricity, which is sold to the Michigan Public Power Agency (MPPA).

• Electric capacity: 2.2 megawatts
• Groundbreaking: June 1998
• Commercial operation date: October 1998

Grand Blanc Generating Station was the first of Granger's projects to draw landfill gas from two independent sites. Both sites are part of Citizens Disposal Landfill in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The plant went online in 1994 with an output of 2.4 megawatts of electricity. Three subsequent expansions increased the output to 4.8 megawatts of electricity. The electricity is sold to Consumers Energy and MPPA and powers more than 2,500 homes.

• Electric capacity: 4.8 megawatts
• Groundbreaking: November 1993
• Commercial operation date: July 1994 (initial capacity), April 2000 (first expansion), September 2002 (second expansion), September 2010 (third expansion)

Granger's first generating station was opened at its own Grand River Landfill. It has become Granger's longest-running electric project. When it went online in 1990, it was one of the few landfill gas projects in Michigan. Since that time, it has undergone two expansions, and currently generates 3.2 megawatts of electricity using landfill gas from the Granger Grand River Landfill, which is sold to the Lansing Board of Water & Light.

• Electric capacity: 3.2 megawatts
• Groundbreaking: August 1990
• Commercial operation date: April 1991 (initial capacity), January 1996 (first expansion), September 1997 (second expansion), May 2009 (plant fully on-line to Board of Water & Light)

Two separate onsite generating stations process landfill gas from Ottawa County Farms Landfill in Coopersville, Michigan. The electricity generated, which powers more than 4,000 homes, is sold to Consumers Energy. Ottawa Generating Station has gone through two expansions since its inception and was designed to accommodate future growth as landfill gas capacity increases.

• Electric capacity: 6.4 megawatts
• Groundbreaking: December 1993
• Commercial operation date: June 1994 (initial capacity), February 2003 (first expansion), December 2005 (second expansion)

South Kent Generating Station is a renewable energy partnership between the Kent County Department of Public Works and Granger in Byron Center, Michigan. The facility, which utilizes landfill gas from the South Kent Landfill, has a generating capacity of 3.2 megawatts of electricity. The Kent County Department of Public Works is responsible for the landfill gas collection system. Granger manages the facilities and operations for the purpose of generating power. The electricity is transmitted via the Consumers Energy utility grid.

• Electric capacity: 3.2 megawatts
• Groundbreaking: June 2008
• Commercial operation date: December 2008

Whitefeather Generating Station has a capacity of 3.2 megawatts of electricity. Landfill gas is collected from Whitefeather Landfill in Pinconning, Michigan. The electricity generated, which is enough to power approximately 2,000 homes, is sold to Consumers Energy.

• Electric capacity: 3.2 megawatts
• Groundbreaking: July 2008
• Commercial operation date: December 2008

An electric generating station located in Lansing, Michigan, the plant went online in July 1992. It has since undergone two expansions to increase its capacity. Landfill gas is collected at Granger's Wood Road Landfill to produce 8 megawatts of electricity, which is sold to the Lansing Board of Water & Light. It is expected to grow to a capacity of up to 12 megawatts by 2028.

• Electric capacity: 8 megawatts
• Groundbreaking: July 1992
• Commercial operation date: January 1993 (initial capacity), January 1994 (first expansion), January 1998 (second expansion), January 2008 (third expansion), May 2009 (plant fully on-line to Board of Water & Light)

Granger's first direct-use project outside of Michigan, located in Painesville, Ohio, transports landfill gas three miles from the Lake County Landfill to Hardy Industrial Technologies. A second customer, NOVA chemicals was added when an expansion was completed in the summer of 2008.

• Landfill gas production: Approximately 1,600 scfm
• Groundbreaking: June 1999
• Commercial operation date: October 1999 (initial capacity), April 2008 (first expansion)

This project collects landfill gas from South Side Landfill in Indianapolis, Indiana. A pipeline transports landfill gas to Rolls-Royce, where it is utilized in three boilers and an onsite turbine. The turbine uses landfill gas to generate 5 megawatts of electricity and co-generated steam for Rolls-Royce's jet engine turbine manufacturing plant. Landfill gas also feeds a boiler at the Crossroads Greenhouse and a burner at Rieth-Riley's asphalt plant, both of which are adjacent to the landfill. Landfill gas also feeds two boilers at Vertellus.

• Landfill gas production: Approximately 5,000 scfm
• Groundbreaking: April 1999
• Commercial operation date: November 1999