Since finding The Business of Green video section on Fortune.com, I have
fallen in love with it! It combines my love of sustainability with my love
of business. This particular video investigates SC Johnson practices of
using methane gas to power one of their Windex plants.The company
utilizes a local landfill to capture and sequester the methane gas that is
produced from the decomposing trash. Sitting approximately 100 feet
underground, the methane is captured,treated, and then sent to the plant
for use as energy. This has reduced their energy consumption of coal by
half. The infrastructure will pay for itself in about 7 years while reducing
CO2 emissions by 52,000 tons a year.
fallen in love with it! It combines my love of sustainability with my love
of business. This particular video investigates SC Johnson practices of
using methane gas to power one of their Windex plants.The company
utilizes a local landfill to capture and sequester the methane gas that is
produced from the decomposing trash. Sitting approximately 100 feet
underground, the methane is captured,treated, and then sent to the plant
for use as energy. This has reduced their energy consumption of coal by
half. The infrastructure will pay for itself in about 7 years while reducing
CO2 emissions by 52,000 tons a year.
The potential to implement alternative energy in big business is huge, but is
still an untapped market for the most part. The obvious environmental
impact is that it reduces our dependence on coal and works towards reducing
green house gas emissions, which makes our world a cleaner one. Aside
from the environmental impact, there is huge savings potential as companies can
reduce overhead costs and widen the margins. Clean and alternative energies
are definitely the future and the future is now!
still an untapped market for the most part. The obvious environmental
impact is that it reduces our dependence on coal and works towards reducing
green house gas emissions, which makes our world a cleaner one. Aside
from the environmental impact, there is huge savings potential as companies can
reduce overhead costs and widen the margins. Clean and alternative energies
are definitely the future and the future is now!
Very interesting! Any idea how the methane is turned into energy? Are there any known harmful byproducts? Sounds like a good alternative if there aren't!
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