In Oregon, Evensol, a renewable energy project developer focusing on biogas and methane mitigation, announced that it has developed two renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities in North Carolina that are now operational.
The Foothills Renewables Project in Caldwell County, and the Upper Piedmont Renewables Project in Person County, convert landfill gas from Republic Services’ landfills into RNG.
Evensol and its partners invested in excess of $110 million in the combined projects. Duke Energy is an equity investor in the two projects. Funding also included nearly $73 million in loans guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“Evensol is thrilled to bring these projects online, providing a beneficial use for large volumes of landfill gas, while creating a valuable renewable energy source for the residents of North Carolina,” said David Wentworth, President and CEO of Evensol.
The RNG from the facilities will provide clean transportation fuel to commercial fleet vehicles. Each project will initially produce up to 500,000 dekatherms of RNG each year. The combined 1 million Dth is equivalent to the average annual natural gas use of nearly 17,000 residential customers in North Carolina.
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