21 July 2011 Environmental engineering firm, SCS Engineers has been chosen by U.S. based renewable energy specialist, Fortistar, to provide engineering design services to expand its Gas Collection and Control System (GCCS) at the West Miramar Landfill in San Diego, California.
The landfill itself is operated by the City of San Diego, while Fortistar operates the GCCS which includes flare stations, compression and boost stations, and an energy recovery plant serving all active and closed areas of the Miramar landfill complex.
Under this project, SCS's scope of services will include the preparation of an initial design consisting of a topographic survey, records research, and preliminary well field layout.
Additionally, SCS will be responsible for the preparation of final design plans and specifications including an engineering estimate; construction quality assurance services during construction and preparation of as-built drawings.
The landfill gas to energy facility has a 3.2 MW capacity, which will supply electricity to the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar under a 15 year power supply agreement.
"This project further establishes San Diego's leadership in green tech and clean tech," said Pat Sullivan, Vice President and Project Director with SCS Engineers. "The project also supplies the Miramar base with almost half of the energy it needs to operate."
In April of this year SCS completed a design-build project for the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Facility. According to the company, this was the first commercial project in California to purify wastewater treatment digester gas for injection in the San Diego Gas & Electric natural gas delivery systems.
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