Evensol commissions two RNG facilities in North Carolina

Sisters-based Evensol announced on November 6 that it has developed two renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities in North Carolina that are now operational. The Foothills Renewables project in Caldwell County, NC, and the Upper Piedmont Renewables project in Person County, NC, convert landfill gas from Republic Services' landfills into RNG.

Evensol and its partners invested in excess of $110mn in the combined projects. Charlotte, NC-based Duke Energy is an equity investor in the two projects. Funding also included nearly $73mn in loans guaranteed by the US Department of Agriculture and arranged by Greater Commercial Lending.

Energyneering Solutions designed, constructed and will operate the facilities. Primary project components include equipment from Air Liquide, Guild Associates, Perennial Energy, and Vilter Manufacturing.

The RNG from the facilities will provide clean transportation fuel to commercial fleet vehicles. Each project will initially produce up to 500,000 dekatherms of RNG each year. The combined 1mn Dth is equivalent to the average annual natural gas use of nearly 17,000 residential customers in North Carolina, the company said.