(OPAL Fuels) OPAL Fuels LLC, previously known as Fortistar RNG and TruStar Energy, and NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC will build the first renewable natural gas production facility in Minnesota. The project will be located at a landfill owned by Republic Services, Inc. and interconnect with a pipeline owned by Xcel Energy, Inc.
For many years, OPAL has collected and processed gas to generate electricity at the 255-acre Pine Bend Landfill in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. NextEra Energy Marketing will now work with OPAL to replace the existing power generation facility with a new production plant that will capture 3,200 standard cubic feet per minute of landfill gas and produce over 6 million gas gallon equivalents (GGE) of biomethane per year.
April 28, 2021News
Two companies are partnering to build a facility to produce natural gas from a landfill and supply a pipeline in Minnesota.
OPAL Fuels LLC, a Fortistar portfolio company, and NextEra Energy Marketing LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC, announced April 28 plans to build the first landfill renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility in Minnesota. The project will be located at a landfill owned by Republic Services Inc., a leader in the U.S. environmental services industry, and interconnect with a pipeline owned by Xcel Energy Inc., the leading electric and gas utility in the region.
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by Michael Bates (NGT News) OPAL Fuels LLC and NextEra Energy Marketing LLC have unveiled plans to build the first landfill renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility in Minnesota.
The project will be located at a landfill owned by Republic Services Inc. and interconnect with a pipeline owned by Xcel Energy Inc.
“Our agreement with NextEra Energy Marketing and Republic Services offers a tremendous economic and environmental opportunity for Minnesota,” says Jonathan Maurer, co-CEO of OPAL. “From both a fiscal and sustainability standpoint, RNG is the highest value product you can make from captured landfill gas. We’re proud to play a role in the decarbonization of our nation’s economy by capturing methane to create cleaner fuel for natural gas vehicles.” READ MORE