Vision RNG, WIN Waste to develop two landfill gas to RNG projects

Renewable natural gas (RNG) company Vision RNG (VRNG) and WIN Waste Innovations have partnered to build two projects to convert landfill gas to RNG, at the latter's Seneca County landfill in Seneca County, Ohio, and Tunnel Hill Reclamation landfill in Perry County, Ohio, VRNG said on November 2.

The projects are expected to initially produce more than 2.7 million mmBtu of RNG annually, with plans to more than double that within 11 years. The RNG produced from the projects is expected to be used by customers in the transportation fuel market seeking to reduce their carbon footprint.

The amount of CO2 emissions expected to be eliminated as a result of these LFG-to-RNG projects is equivalent to those produced by 12 million gallons of gasoline or 250,000 barrels of oil annually. Additionally, the energy content expected to be gained as a result of the RNG produced from the projects is equivalent to the energy required to heat more than 35,000 homes annually.

A natural byproduct of decomposing landfill waste, LFG is typically collected and flared to burn off the methane it contains as required by regulators. However, collecting and converting the methane present in LFG into a cleaner, renewable fuel is intended to serve as a solution to reduce the need for combustion of new fossil fuels.