GreyStone helps deliver energy

from renewable resources

October marked the beginning of a new way to produce power -- and preserve the environment. Green Power EMC, founded by GreyStone Power and 15 other member-owned Georgia cooperatives, delivered Georgia’s first energy from renewable resources on Oct. 1. A second site became operational Oct. 31. Green Power EMC is now generating 5 megawatts of renewable energy annually.

“We’re excited to be part of a state-wide effort to produce cleaner energy,” said GreyStone Power President/CEO Gary Miller.

Green Power EMC’s energy source is initially landfill gas harvested from three landfill sites around the state. Landfill gas is always present and must be burned off at larger landfills whether or not energy is generated. It is the most abundant and economical renewable resource in Georgia. The first Green Power to be generated in the project came from Green Power EMC’s Taylor County landfill site, and now the Roberts Road landfill is producing cleaner energy. One other site is still under construction.

“Through the entire project, nine megawatts of energy will be distributed annually,” said Miller. “This amount can meet the energy needs of 5,600 homes. It also has the same environmental benefit as taking 84,000 cars off the road, planting 114,000 acres of forest, reducing the use of 1,890 railroad cars of coal, or eliminating 900,000 barrels of oil each year.”  

Currently 292 GreyStone members sponsor the production of environmentally cleaner power. To find out more about how you can join the program, click here.