The agreement with CERF, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., is the second of its kind between the two firms. The first, at Republic’s Sauk Trails Landfill in Canton, Michigan, is expected to come online in September 2012.
“This relationship allows us to make the highest and best use of the energy potential in our landfills,” said Brian Bales, executive vice president of business development for Republic Services.
CERF will build the high-BTU plant to process landfill gas, a natural byproduct of decomposition, and inject it into the US natural gas network. The gas may be compressed and distributed for a variety of different uses, including vehicle fuel and as renewable power or other industrial use customers.
During the first year of operation, the plant is anticipated to produce approximately 4 million diesel gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas fuel annually.
If the landfill gas is used to fuel trucks, it could fuel about 260 trucks for a year. Production is expected to steadily increase to more than 5.7 million diesel gallon equivalents annually during the first 10 years of operations. Production is expected to begin in late 2013.
“We are delighted to again partner with Republic for production of sustainable renewable natural gas. This project will help Clean Energy achieve its goal of supplying renewable natural gas fuel to an increasing number of natural gas vehicles operating across America,” said Andrew J. Littlefair, Clean Energy president and CEO.
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