| The Autumn Hills Gas Compression Station 5615 Adams Street Zeeland, Michigan 49464 Telephone 616/688-5180 Telecopier 616/688-5181 Plant Operator: Rich Kunze Mobile: 517/204-2219 e-mail: richnanrwest@earthlink.net |
North American’s Autumn Hills Compression Station is located on 5 acres of land in
Zeeland Township, Ottawa County, Michigan, adjacent to Waste Management of
Michigan’s Autumn Hills Landfill. Zeeland Township is near Holland, Michigan.
The Compression Station is designed to process 4,000 Standard Cubic Feet of Gas
per minute (“SCFM”).
North American executed a long term Landfill Gas Purchase Agreement with Waste
Management of Michigan (“Waste Management”) for all the volumes of landfill gas
available at Autumn Hills Landfill. Based on that Agreement and a significant amount of
help from Waste Management, North American conceived the pipeline/compression
station project for the sale of landfill gas to Zeeland Farm Services, Inc..
In 2004, North American National Resources, Inc., Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. (“ZFS”),
and Waste Management, celebrated the ground breaking of a landfill gas
pipeline/compression station project that carries methane gas from the Autumn Hills
Landfill to the ZFS soybean processing plant over six miles to the Northwest. North
American constructed a facility to process and compress landfill gas, which is then sold
to ZFS
Zeeland Township, Ottawa County, Michigan, adjacent to Waste Management of
Michigan’s Autumn Hills Landfill. Zeeland Township is near Holland, Michigan.
The Compression Station is designed to process 4,000 Standard Cubic Feet of Gas
per minute (“SCFM”).
North American executed a long term Landfill Gas Purchase Agreement with Waste
Management of Michigan (“Waste Management”) for all the volumes of landfill gas
available at Autumn Hills Landfill. Based on that Agreement and a significant amount of
help from Waste Management, North American conceived the pipeline/compression
station project for the sale of landfill gas to Zeeland Farm Services, Inc..
In 2004, North American National Resources, Inc., Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. (“ZFS”),
and Waste Management, celebrated the ground breaking of a landfill gas
pipeline/compression station project that carries methane gas from the Autumn Hills
Landfill to the ZFS soybean processing plant over six miles to the Northwest. North
American constructed a facility to process and compress landfill gas, which is then sold
to ZFS
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Waste Management sells the Landfill gas, which is generated naturally when organic waste in its Autumn Hills landfill decomposes to North American. The project allows the landfill gas to be used in ZFS's converted boilers to meet all processing heat/steam demand. Landfill gas has slightly over one half the energy content of natural gas. Randy Dozeman, WM's District Manager says, "Waste Management is very excited about this project and the potential it has for Zeeland Farm Services. Waste Management developed Autumn Hills Landfill in Zeeland Township on land that was previously used for agriculture, and now with the generation of methane gas - or green power - Waste Management has the opportunity to return a by-product of land filling to the agricultural businesses in this area. It is our hope that this will enable Zeeland Farm Services to remain competitive and be on the leading edge in soybean uses." North American’s Autumn Hills Landfill Gas Compression Station is available for tours of the facility. |
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