The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) is set to begin extracting and using methane from a section of Orange County Landfill that was closed in the mid-1990s.

New landfill gas compression technology will enable OUC to extract and produce methane to generate electricity for some 2,400 homes. The equipment has been installed and the landfill gas facility is ready to begin operations in April.

"Some areas of the landfill that you might think are done with decomposition have gas pockets you just haven't utilized yet," OUC Power Plant Engineering Manager Daniel Haddad told a local news reporter.