PPL Energy Fires Up Methane-to-Energy Project in Pennsylvania

SUGAR LAND--October 15, 2012--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--PPL Renewable Energy (Allentown, Pennsylvania), a subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL), has fired up a new landfill methane-to-energy project in Montgomery, Pennsylvania. The 513-acre site is located on property that is owned by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, adjacent to the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex. The 6-megawatt facility will provide electricity to the prison and the grid, plus pipe heat from the engines to county buildings.