Waga Energy, a specialist in the production of biomethane on waste storage sites, has signed an agreement with the Scott County Waste Commission (Iowa) and the company Linwood Mining and Minerals, to produce biomethane on the waste storage site. Davenport waste (Iowa, USA).
As part of this project, 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.
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 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.
Operated by the Scott County Waste Commission on land owned by Linwood, the Davenport waste storage site receives approximately 185,000 tonnes of waste annually, collected from all 17 municipalities in Scott County.