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Alternative Energy Solutions

Cummins Power Generation designs, builds and maintains on–site power generation systems that can use a variety of alternative fuels. These specially designed low–Btu gas generator sets can run on either natural gas, or a variety of other gases. One example is methane, that is being created by converting waste–to–energy from landfills. Alternative fuel applications include:

  • Solid waste landfill gas — when organic material in landfills is digested by anaerobic bacteria, it produces a gas that is about 50 percent methane.
  • Municipal sewage digester gas — sewage digesters produce a gas that is 65 – 75 percent methane.
  • Biogas from agricultural wastes — digesters can produce methane gas from hog, cattle and poultry confinement wastes.
  • Coal seam gas — methane, which occurs naturally in coal deposits, can be collected and burned in a gas generator set.
  • Flare gas — flammable gases and vapors from oil exploration activities and refining can also be used for power generation.
  • Biodiesel — diesel fuel can be mixed with up to 10 percent of oils and fats from plant or animal sources and burned in an unmodified diesel generator.

For more information please provide a brief overview of your needs to our Power Solutions group.

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  • PDF icon Viridor Waste Management – Scotland (196kb)

    In addition to disposing of thousands of tons of waste daily from its 193–acre site east of Edinburgh, Scotland, Viridor Waste Management uses two low–Btu gas generator sets from Cummins Power Generation to produce 3.5 MW of electricity from the methane created by decaying rubbish.

  • PDF icon MEVA Energy – Sweden (594kb)

    Meva Energy AB of Gothenburg has built an innovative plant in Lapland, in the far north of Sweden, that is commercializing cyclone gasifier technology developed by Lulea Technical University.

  • PDF icon Columbus Water Works – United States (553kb)

    Columbus Water Works was looking for a solution for its South Plant that would couple renewable fuel with cogeneration. After extensive evaluation, Cummins ESB NA was deemed to have the best technical fit for the application, supported by a world-class parts and service network.

  • PDF icon Riverside Sewage Treatment Works – London, UK (553kb)

    Thames Water Utilities Ltd is the UK’s largest water and wastewater services company. Every day it supplies 2.6 billion litres of drinking water from 100 water treatment works through 32,000 km of managed water mains to 8.7 million customers across London and the Thames Valley.

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