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How a Belgian Factory Turns Landfill Gas into Electricity
Lucas and Luna visit a factory in Ghent, Belgium, where methane from an old landfill is piped directly into a fuel cell system to generate 2.2 megawatts of electricity — enough to power the entire facility and export surplus to the grid. They walk through the numbers: 18,000 tons of CO₂ equivalent avoided per year, the capital cost of $6 million paid back in under four years, and why this model is now being replicated in other European industrial parks. The hosts also discuss the role of Bloom Energy fuel cells, the logistics of capturing landfill gas decades after a site closes, and what…
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