Landfill project wins Golden LEAF grant
WENTWORTH -- The Rockingham County Business & Technology Center announced Tuesday it has received a $350,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support a project that will convert gas from the county dump into electricity.
Mark Wells, the center’s executive director, said this latest grant will help buy a generator for Project BizFuel. The project will convert methane from the county’s landfill into electricity. Construction on the methane collection system began in May should end next month.
This award brings the BizFuel project's total funding to about $1.4 million.
Work on the system that will deliver the electricity generated onto the electrical grid is scheduled to begin in January and should be complete by June. The BizFuel project still needs about $600,000.
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