Department of Defense to Turn Landfill Gases into Renewable Clean Electricity with FlexEnergy Powerstation™

Washington, D.C. – FlexEnergy (www.flexenergy.com), one of the fastest growing clean tech companies in California, announced its Powerstation™ technology will allow the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Fort Benning, Ga. base to convert its landfill gas into renewable electricity. FlexEnergy will deliver two powerstations in collaboration with Southern Research Institute (SRI) through the DoD’s ESTCP (Environmental Security Technology Certification Program). FlexEnergy’s powerstations transform methane produced by landfills, digesters and other industrial processes into clean, safe energy with near-zero emissions. 
“This program will reduce the Army’s carbon footprint as well as its electric bill now that it will use its methane emissions to make electricity,” said Joseph Perry, CEO of FlexEnergy. “The U.S. military operates many other landfills that could use our solution to turn waste gas into clean energy.”
Currently, a successful Powerstation™ pilot program operates at the Lamb Canyon Landfill in Riverside County, Calif. The smaller, 10-ton test unit has the capability to produce enough electricity to power 30 homes in the community. Once installed at Fort Benning, the 250 kW Powerstation™ can potentially provide electricity for 250 homes. 
FlexEnergy will showcase its Powerstation™ February 28-March 2 at the second annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C. The Summit, co-hosted by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), features cutting-edge clean tech organizations that are helping to determine the future of energy. FlexEnergy’s plug-and-play system was selected for its ability to oxidize gases as low as 1.5 percent methane, a greenhouse gas with 20-25 times the environmental impact of carbon dioxide. 
“Exhibiting among the key players in the energy community at ARPA-E is a great opportunity to reach more potential customers who want to control pollution, generate clean electricity and help save the U.S. up to 60 million barrels of oil imports annually,” Perry said.
FlexEnergy will exhibit to nearly 2,000 researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, corporate executives and government officials at the Gaylord Convention Center just outside of Washington, D.C.  The ARPA-E Summit’s high-profile speakers include U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar, U.S. Navy Secretary Raymond Mabus, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bank of America Chairman Charles Holliday.
About FlexEnergy
FlexEnergy is committed to providing platforms utilizing existing, unconventional energy sources to create new, sustainable solutions. FlexEnergy technology has taken one of the world’s largest sources of greenhouse gases and transformed it into an energy source for clean generation of electricity, offering energy recovery where it was previously impossible.
More than 300 million tons of methane seep into the atmosphere annually, most too dilute for current technology to destroy much less utilize to produce electricity. The Powerstation™ runs effectively on many of these diluted waste streams, in concentrations too low for other conventional systems, and converts those waste streams (such as Methane) into renewable energy. Unlike other technologies, the Powerstation™ creates electricity with near zero NOx or CO emissions, providing breakthrough solutions for landfills, coal mines and manufacturers needing to stay ahead of emissions regulations. For more information, visit www.flexenergy.com.
About ARPA-E
The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is a new agency within the U.S. Department of Energy – and the first to focus exclusively on breakthrough energy technologies that could radically change the way we use energy. Rather than performing research directly, ARPA-E invests in high-risk, high-reward energy technologies being developed by universities, startups, small businesses, and corporations. Our staff combines industry-leading scientists, engineers, and investment executives to identify promising solutions to the nation’s most critical energy problems and to fast-track top technologies towards the marketplace – which is critical to securing the nation’s global technology leadership and creating new American industries and jobs. www.arpa-e.energy.gov
About CTSI
The Clean Technology & Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), a 501c6 non-profit industry association, represents the organizations developing, commercializing, and implementing energy, water, and environmental technologies. Clean technologies offer much needed solutions to growing resource security and sustainability concerns and are critical to maintaining economic competitiveness. CTSI brings together global leaders for advocacy, community development, networking, and information sharing to help bring these needed technologies to market more rapidly. Visit www.ct-si.org for more information.
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