(AOF) – Waga Energy, a specialist in the production of biomethane on waste storage sites, has signed an agreement with the Waste Commission of Scott County (Iowa) and the company Linwood Mining and Minerals, to produce biomethane on the Davenport waste storage site in Iowa. Waga Energy will build a purification unit using its patented Wagabox technology, to produce biomethane, a renewable substitute for fossil natural gas, 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. Waga Energy will also help the Commission to extend and improve its biogas collection network, in order to optimize the unit’s energy production.
The Wagabox unit will be commissioned in 2025. It will produce 60 GWh of biomethane per year (200,000 MMBtu), injected directly into the local gas network through 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. The project will provide additional income to the Commission and Linwood, while contributing to the territory’s energy transition and the fight against global warming.
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