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Walton EMC customer-owners can meet some of their monthly
electric power needs using green power.
Green
power is electricity produced from renewable, more environmentally-friendly
sources like wind, solar, low-impact hydro, geothermal
and biomass energies.
The
first green power is generated by using landfill gas
from North and Middle Georgia landfills.
In
use since the late 1970s, using landfill gas to generate electricity
is one of the most mature and successful green power methods.
Landfill gas comes from the natural breakdown of wastes at
the site. The gas is collected and piped to the gas-to-energy
plants to fuel electric generators. Typically the gas is wasted;
in most landfills it's just burned off to prevent explosions.
Other
technologies we're currently using to produce green power include a low-impact
hydroelectric dam, a chicken
litter gasification project and several solar sites through the Sun Power for Schools project.
One
of those sites is located at Oconee
County High School in Watkinsville, Georgia.
This effort is a joint partnership between the high school, Walton EMC
and Green Power EMC. The array will also be used for teaching and public demonstration.
"Walton
EMC members told us they wanted a green power option and we listened," said Walton EMC CEO Ronnie Lee.
Walton
EMC will have a limited number of blocks of green electricity available to
its members (one block is 150 kilowatt-hours, enough to run two average refrigerators
for a month). Each block will cost only $2.95 extra per month.
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solar array
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