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BP’s Archaea Energy brings new landfill gas plant online
8/5/2024
News
BP’s Archaea Energy has announced the start-up of its largest Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Kansas, US.
The plant, located next to a landfill site in Shawnee, just outside of Kansas City, can process 9,600 ft3/min, or 5bn ft3/y, of landfill gas, turning it into enough RNG to heat approximately 38,000 homes a year, according to the EPA’s Landfill Gas Energy Benefits Calculator.
The plant is three times the size of Archaea’s first AMD plant in Medora, Indiana, brought online in October 2023.
Traditionally, RNG plants have been custom-built, but the AMD allows plants to be built on skids with interchangeable components. Using a standardised modular design, the company claims it can build RNG plants faster than previous industry standards.
After purchasing Archaea Energy in 2022, BP is now the largest producer of RNG in the US.
TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables join forces
Meanwhile, TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables have agreed to set up an equally-owned joint venture to develop, build and operate RNG projects in the US.
The companies will advance 10 RNG projects into construction over the next 12 months, with a total annual RNG capacity of 2.5bn ft3. The three initial projects are currently under construction in Wisconsin and Virginia, each with a unit capacity of nearly 0.25bn ft3/y of RNG.
The projects will be based on waste materials recovery from the food and beverage industries, supplemented with dairy farm manure.
Beyond these first 10 projects, the partners are also to consider investing together in a potential pipeline of about 60 projects across the country, for a total capacity of 15bn ft3/y.
