Clean Energy will build a high-BTU landfill gas processing plant at Republic’s Sauk Trail Hills Landfill, which will produce renewable natural gas for injection into the natural gas pipeline system.
The renewable natural gas will be distributed for vehicle fuel use to Republic natural gas fleets, Clean Energy customers and direct use by renewable power customers.
The agreement provides the company a beneficial use for landfill gas, and will also provide it with conventional natural gas vehicle fuel for use in its growing natural gas fleet.
Republic also, under other agreements, contracted Clean Energy to build, operate and maintain 14 compressed natural gas refuse vehicle fueling stations and to provide Republic liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuse fleets in California with approximately three million gallons of LNG vehicle fuel per year.
Republic intends to use a portion of the sustainable bio-methane produced at the site to fuel its expanding fleet of natural gas, solid waste hauling trucks.
In addition, Clean Energy expects to provide the Sauk Trail Hills bio-methane product to fleet customers in its national network of compressed natural gas vehicle fueling stations.
Renewable bio-methane gas is a by-product derived from the compression of the landfill waste and decomposition.
