OPAL Fuels and New River Solid Waste Association RNG facility named Project of the Year by ASCE Florida Section

In New York, OPAL Fuels, a vertically integrated producer and distributor of renewable natural gas (RNG) and renewable electricity, announced its New River RNG facility has been named Project of the Year by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Florida Section.

The facility is located at the NRSWA municipal solid waste landfill in Raiford, Florida.

The firm noted that the award recognizes New River RNG’s innovative use of technology to combat two of the most significant contributors to climate change: harmful methane gas emissions and transportation emissions, particularly from the heavy-duty trucking industry.

The facility captures methane that is produced from the decomposition of organic material at the landfill, and refines it into RNG, OPAL Fuels said.

The facility is set to produce approximately 5 million GGE per year of RNG, which when used as transportation fuel to displace diesel, will avoid GHG emissions equivalent to achieving zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from more than 380 heavy-duty trucks, the firm added.

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