Hillsborough County has selected Waga Energy to build, own, operate, and maintain a renewable natural gas (RNG) production unit at the Southeast County Landfill in Lithia, Florida. When in operation, the plant will be able to produce up to 610,000聽MMBtu of RNG per year.
Hillsborough County, in west-central Florida, has selected Waga聽Energy, a global leader in the production of renewable natural gas (RNG) from landfills to upgrade the landfill gas into pipeline-quality RNG at the Southeast County Landfill in Lithia. The plant will utilize the WAGABOX庐 technology, developed and patented by Waga聽Energy. Once operational, it will be able to process up to 3,000聽standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) of landfill gas and produce over 610,000聽MMBtu (180聽GWh) of RNG per year, delivering gas to the local pipeline for at least 20 years.
The project is expected to reduce up聽to聽47,500聽tons of CO鈧偮爀quivalent聽emissions annually聽due to the displacement of fossil fuels鈥攅quivalent to聽avoiding the CO鈧偮爀missions from聽4.2聽million gallons聽of diesel consumed.[1] By producing pipeline-quality RNG, the project supports the circular economy and reduces reliance on fossil fuels with a local, reliable and renewable source of energy provided to the community.
The Southeast County Landfill, located in the city of Lithia, Florida, is owned by Hillsborough County and operated by WM, North America’s leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions. The landfill accepts more than 400,000 tons of waste annually.
As a result of 15 years of development, Waga Energy鈥檚 patented WAGABOX庐 technology revolutionizes landfill gas upgrading by combining membrane filtration with cryogenic distillation. It maximizes the renewable energy production of landfills by ensuring the production of pipeline-quality RNG, regardless of landfill gas variations in flow rate and composition.
Gu茅na毛l Prince, co-founder and CEO of Waga Energy Inc.: 鈥淲e are proud to be partnering with Hillsborough County on this major project, and deploying our first WAGABOX庐 unit in Florida near our U.S. commercial headquarters. Together, we are turning landfill gas into RNG, a clean, local, renewable energy, and taking concrete action towards energy resilience and the decarbonization of the gas infrastructure for Florida鈥檚 communities.鈥�