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By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
The facility harnessing methane from the Spartanburg County landfill near Wellford to fuel a Milliken plant in Inman and generate electricity went online Monday as members of the public-private partnership behind the project celebrated a ribbon cutting at the site.
In brief remarks before county officials and staff from Milliken and Lockhart Power, the two private partners in the venture, county Administrator Glenn Breed said the project involved a lot of innovation and hard work since its inception in 2005.
Breed said the partnership between the county, Lockhart Power and Milliken represented a win-win for county’s citizens.
Jason Weaver, head of the county’s solid waste department, said the methane collected from a series of 100 wells throughout the landfill site represented a renewable energy source that prior to this project had been wasted.
“Our intent was to harness the methane here and stop wasting it out in the atmosphere,” Weaver said.
John Kellam, Director of Manufacturing for Milliken’s Chemical Division, said the project represented a true partnership between government and private enterprise to bring about a significant public good.
For the rest of the story, read this week’s Middle Tyger Times.
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