Environmental consciousness and energy efficiency are becoming more important to both individual consumers and businesses. In 2002, Wabash Valley Power began investing in landfill gas generation and now, with 16 plants and 53 MW of baseload capacity, leads the Midwest in landfill gas ownership.
In addition, we purchase the output from wind farms and biogas generators. Rather than incorporating these renewables into our own portfolio, we sell the environmental attributes, facilitating others’ ability to achieve their environmental goals. While this doesn’t allow us to claim this generation as renewable in our own portfolio, it is one more way we are supporting the growth of renewables in the marketplace.*
Landfill Gas Plants Owned Assets- From Waste to Energy
Fuel: Methane
Output: 16 plants for a total of 53 MW
Solar Energy Owned Assets
Arrays in Paris, Ill.; Peru, Wanatah, and Danville, Ind.; and Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
Fuel: Solar
Output: 1.7 MW
Dairy Digesters Purchased Power Agreements
Bos Dairy Farms Biogas Plant, Herrema Dairy Farms, Hiddenview Dairy Farms, Windy Ridge Generating Facility
Fuel: Cattle Waste
Output: 6 MW
Wind Purchased Power Agreements
AgriWind, Story County, Pioneer Trail, Meadow Lake Wind Farm
Fuel: Wind
Output: 64 MW
Fuel Source data as of January 1, 2018.
*Wabash Valley Power supports renewable energy by owning landfill gas generation and purchasing the output of wind farms and biogas generators. Wabash Valley Power sells, separately, the environmental attributes associated with this generation to its members and third parties, and therefore does not claim the generation as renewable within our own supply portfolio.