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Released October 04, 2024 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As renewable natural gas (RNG) continues to gain momentum as a low-carbon alternative to natural gas, projects aimed at producing it are underway. Industrial Info is tracking $819 million worth of RNG projects under construction in the U.S., with more than 80% of the spend attributed to grassroot projects. Industrial Info is tracking much of the project activity with a completion date by the end of the year, although factors could alter or delay the planned timelines.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Alternative Fuels Project Database can click here for a full list of projects.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "The biogas used to produce RNG comes from a variety of sources, including municipal solid waste landfills, digesters at water resource recovery facilities (wastewater treatment plants), livestock farms, food-production facilities and organic waste-management operations."
RNG also is known as biomethane. The methane derived from the decomposition of organic matter is typically only about 50% pure, and it needs to be treated to remove any impurities to reach a near-pure level of 95% or greater.
Industrial Info is tracking two projects from Waste Management Incorporated (NYSE:WM) (Houston, Texas). The $90 million grassroot RNG plant at its Fairless landfill in Bucks County, Pennsylvania is designed to process biogas collected from the landfill into pipeline-quality gas for injection into the nearby commercial gas distribution network. Construction is expected to wrap up around the end of the year.
Waste Management expects the facility will recover and distribute about 3 million British thermal units (MMBtu) per year of RNG, which the company says would service the equivalent of 65,000 households in Pennsylvania, or fuel the equivalent of about 2,750 heavy duty waste and recycling vehicles. Click here to read the project report.
Another grassroot project underway that will convert gas from landfill waste into RNG is Nopetro's $40 million plant at the Indian River County landfill in South Florida. Nopetro, which owns the plant, is developing the project's infrastructure and operations, while full-service engineering, architecture and planning firm Mead & Hunt began construction in March and expects it will wrap up in early 2025. According to Nopetro, the facility will have an estimated production capacity of 3 million gallons of pipeline-ready RNG per year once operational. Click here to read the project report.
Companies also are converting waste at dairy plants into RNG, and that includes global energy major Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) (London, England) and its downstream division. Construction of Shell's RNG plant at Bettencourt Dairies in Wendell, Idaho, which kicked off in 2021, is wrapping up. Production is expected to begin by the end of the year, and once operational, the facility is expected to produce about 400,000 MMBtu of pipeline-ready RNG using cow manure from the dairy plant. Subscribers can read more information in the project report.
Meanwhile, the highest-valued project underway in the U.S. is not a grassroot development, but a $100 million RNG unit addition at VERBIO North America Corporation's (Livonia, Michigan) ethanol plant in South Bend, Indiana--part of VERBIO's plan to convert the plant into an integrated facility that produces both RNG and corn ethanol. VERBIO North America is a subsidiary of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (Leipzig, Germany).
The new unit will consist of 16 anerobic digesters that will process dried distillers' grains into 2.8 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of RNG annually, and VERBIO expects commercial production will begin in 2026. The RNG then will be fed to the regional natural gas grid. VERBIO's renovation of the plant, which is expected to wrap up along the same timeline, will allow it to produce at least 85 million gallons of corn ethanol per year. Subscribers can read more information on the RNG and ethanol projects.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Alternative Fuels Project Database can click here for a full list of projects.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "The biogas used to produce RNG comes from a variety of sources, including municipal solid waste landfills, digesters at water resource recovery facilities (wastewater treatment plants), livestock farms, food-production facilities and organic waste-management operations."
RNG also is known as biomethane. The methane derived from the decomposition of organic matter is typically only about 50% pure, and it needs to be treated to remove any impurities to reach a near-pure level of 95% or greater.
Industrial Info is tracking two projects from Waste Management Incorporated (NYSE:WM) (Houston, Texas). The $90 million grassroot RNG plant at its Fairless landfill in Bucks County, Pennsylvania is designed to process biogas collected from the landfill into pipeline-quality gas for injection into the nearby commercial gas distribution network. Construction is expected to wrap up around the end of the year.
Waste Management expects the facility will recover and distribute about 3 million British thermal units (MMBtu) per year of RNG, which the company says would service the equivalent of 65,000 households in Pennsylvania, or fuel the equivalent of about 2,750 heavy duty waste and recycling vehicles. Click here to read the project report.
Another grassroot project underway that will convert gas from landfill waste into RNG is Nopetro's $40 million plant at the Indian River County landfill in South Florida. Nopetro, which owns the plant, is developing the project's infrastructure and operations, while full-service engineering, architecture and planning firm Mead & Hunt began construction in March and expects it will wrap up in early 2025. According to Nopetro, the facility will have an estimated production capacity of 3 million gallons of pipeline-ready RNG per year once operational. Click here to read the project report.
Companies also are converting waste at dairy plants into RNG, and that includes global energy major Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) (London, England) and its downstream division. Construction of Shell's RNG plant at Bettencourt Dairies in Wendell, Idaho, which kicked off in 2021, is wrapping up. Production is expected to begin by the end of the year, and once operational, the facility is expected to produce about 400,000 MMBtu of pipeline-ready RNG using cow manure from the dairy plant. Subscribers can read more information in the project report.
Meanwhile, the highest-valued project underway in the U.S. is not a grassroot development, but a $100 million RNG unit addition at VERBIO North America Corporation's (Livonia, Michigan) ethanol plant in South Bend, Indiana--part of VERBIO's plan to convert the plant into an integrated facility that produces both RNG and corn ethanol. VERBIO North America is a subsidiary of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (Leipzig, Germany).
The new unit will consist of 16 anerobic digesters that will process dried distillers' grains into 2.8 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of RNG annually, and VERBIO expects commercial production will begin in 2026. The RNG then will be fed to the regional natural gas grid. VERBIO's renovation of the plant, which is expected to wrap up along the same timeline, will allow it to produce at least 85 million gallons of corn ethanol per year. Subscribers can read more information on the RNG and ethanol projects.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
