Anaergia Launches New Landfill Gas Project
Date: March 19, 2021
Source: Anaergia, Inc.
SoCalGas and Anaergia have recently announced that renewable natural gas sourced from diverted landfill waste is now entering the SoCalGas pipeline system from the Rialto Bioenergy Facility. This is the fifth project that has brought renewable natural gas to the SoCalGas pipeline system.
Due to reduction in landfill emissions, this source of natural gas is net carbon negative and is roughly equivalent to removing 47,500 cars from the road. The plant is expected to produce up to 985,000 MMBTU per year of natural gas. The introduction of these bioenergy sites has been a new and innovative way to allow waste firms to meet personal and state emissions reduction targets.
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March 19, 2021
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and Anaergia, Inc. announced that renewable natural gas (RNG) produced from diverted landfill waste is now flowing into SoCalGas' pipeline system from the Rialto Bioenergy Facility (Facility). The Facility is located in San Bernardino County, California, and owned by Rialto Bioenergy Facility, LLC, an Anaergia company. A new one-mile pipeline connects the facility to an existing SoCalGas pipeline. This is the fifth project in which carbon-negative RNG has been injected directly into SoCalGas' system.
Using Anaergia's advanced anaerobic digestion technology and proprietary systems, the Facility will produce up to 985,000 MMBTU/year of RNG each year using up to 300,000 tons of waste diverted from local landfills. Creating this carbon-negative fuel from waste will reduce landfilling and decrease greenhouse gas emissions by up to 220,000 metric tons per year—an amount equal to removing 47,500 passenger cars from the road.
"This project marks the fifth time SoCalGas has connected to an in-state renewable natural gas producing facility, and we're now distributing RNG from nearly 25 dairy farms and more than 18 cities' refuse collectors," said Jawaad Malik, SoCalGas vice president of strategy and sustainability, and chief environmental officer. "Capturing the methane that would have been emitted from this waste helps combat climate change and provides clean transportation fuel that also improves air quality."
"We are proud to support California'sambitious climate goals of landfill diversion, greenhouse reduction, and production of in-State carbon negative fuel," said Yaniv Scherson, Anaergia Chief Operating Officer. "The Rialto Bioenergy Facility is the largest generator of RNG in Californiaand the first of a number of facilities Anaergia is constructing and developing across Californiato service the landfill diversion and RNG procurement needs of municipalities under SB 1383."
"This RNG project is an important step toward ensuring San Bernardino Countyresidents have access to affordable and reliable energy, all while achieving California'sclean energy goals," said Joe Baca Jr., San Bernardino CountySupervisor (District 5). "This important RNG project utilizes existing waste to deliver clean fuel for trucks, reducing air pollution along ourSan Bernardino Countyfreeways while providing jobs and revenue sources for our residents."
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