(CercleFinance.com) – Waga Energy announces that it has signed an agreement with the Scott County Waste Commission, in the US state of Iowa, and Linwood Mining and Minerals, to produce biomethane at the waste storage site of Davenport, Iowa.
In this context, the company will build a purification unit using its patented Wagabox technology, making it possible to produce biomethane from the biogas emitted spontaneously by the degradation of organic matter contained in buried waste.
Waga Energy will take charge of its operation for at least 20 years, and will share the revenues generated by the sale of the biomethane with the Commission and Linwood. It will also help the Commission to extend and improve its biogas capture network.
The Wagabox unit will be commissioned in 2025. It will produce 60 GWh of biomethane per year, injected directly into the local gas network thanks to a 1.6 kilometer connection made as part of this project.
The installation will supply approximately 4,000 local households and will avoid the emission of 10,000 eqCO2 per year. A pillar of the energy transition, biomethane can replace fossil fuels in transport, industry and heating.