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Update on Waste Conversion Progress <br />in North America <br />RENEWABLE <br />Energy <br />FRFA',, ',^ ASTF <br />CONFERENCE State of the U.S. LFG Industry <br />• LFG is extracted from landfills using a <br />series of wells and a blower /flare <br />system <br />• Collected gas goes to a central point <br />for treatment and conversion /sale <br />• 636 operational LFG energy projects <br />in the U.S. [July 20141 <br />— 1,978 MW and 305 mmscfd <br />• EPA estimates an additional 440 <br />MSW landfills could turn their gas <br />into energy <br />— Enough to power 500,000 homes <br />135 November 18,2014 <br />f <br />Maui, HI LFG System <br />RENEWABLE <br />v ����� ery <br />�, <br />Technologies and Risk <br />)NEERENCE <br />Alternative <br />Processing for <br />Risks/Liability <br />Proven commercial technology <br />Risk Summary <br />Low <br />Recyclables and Fuel <br />Composting <br />Proven commercial technology <br />Low <br />Mass Burn Combustion <br />Proven commercial technology <br />Low <br />RDF Combustion <br />Proven technology; limited U.S. commercial <br />Moderate to Low <br />experience <br />Anaerobic Digestion <br />Proven technology; limited U.S. commercial <br />Moderate to Low <br />experience <br />Mixed -Waste <br />Previous large failures; limited large -scale plants in <br />Moderate to High <br />Composting <br />operation; product quality issues <br />Previous failures at scale; no operating experience <br />Pyrolysis and <br />with large -scale operations in the U.S.; full -scale <br />High <br />g <br />Gasification <br />demonstrations nearing operation <br />Landfill Gas Recovery <br />Proven commercial technology <br />Low <br />Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc.. 15 <br />