(CercleFinance.com) – Séché Environnement and Waga Energy have started a production unit on the site of Opale Environnement, a subsidiary of the Séché Environnement group, in Sainte-Marie-Kerque (Pas-de-Calais).
Thanks to WAGABOX® technology, developed and patented by Waga Energy, this innovative equipment recovers the gas spontaneously emitted by buried waste in the form of biomethane, a renewable substitute for fossil natural gas. Its production is injected directly into the local gas network to supply individuals and businesses.
The WAGABOX® unit in Sainte-Marie-Kerque can treat 800 m3/h and produce up to 35 GWh of biomethane per year (depending on the concentration of methane present in the raw gas), or the consumption of around 5,500 homes. It will avoid the use of fossil natural gas representing the emission of 5,800 tonnes of CO2 eq per year into the atmosphere.
Maxime Séché, Managing Director of Séché Environnement: ‘This biomethane production unit is an illustration of the Séché Environnement group’s commitment to the circular economy and the ecological transition of territories and industries. It is part of the Group’s decarbonization strategy presented in February 2022, the ambition of which is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030.
Mathieu Lefebvre, Chairman and CEO of Waga Energy: ‘Thanks to WAGABOX® technology, the Sainte-Marie-Kerque site becomes a biomethane producer, and now supplies the region with local, carbon-free energy.’