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(Lincoln, NE) -- A new renewable energy facility will be built at a Lincoln landfill. City Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird says the City is partnering with Sparq Renewables are partnering on the project.
“By changing a harmful waste product into a valuable and marketable asset, we will increase the efficiency of Lincoln’s landfill operations, reduce local greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance our community’s top-ranked air quality,” Mayor Gaylor Baird said in a press release from the city. “Our landfill biogas project is an effort that makes dollars and sense.”
The landfill biogas facility, is one of Baird’s 13 priority pillar projects.
The bio-gas facility is expected to increase the Bluff Road landfill’s efficiency while also protecting Lincoln's air quality. The 50-million dollar project will be completed in winter 2026.