Anaergia Inc. has signed a contract to supply its digestion and biogas upgrading technology for a renewable natural gas (RNG) project at PepsiCo Alimentos ZF LTDA in Colombia, reported RigZone.
PepsiCo’s food production facility in Funza, near Bogota, generates about 50,000 tons of organic waste annually. This waste will be converted into RNG for use within the facility. According to a joint statement, the initiative is expected to replace fossil natural gas and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 3,700 tons of CO2 each year.
Assaf Onn, chief executive of Anaergia, based in Burlington, Canada, said South America is the third continent where Anaergia provides systems to PepsiCo facilities.
Previously, Anaergia secured a contract with Rialto Bioenergy Solutions LLC (RBS), a subsidiary of Sevana Bioenergy LLC, to operate and maintain an organic waste-to-RNG facility in California.
The RBS facility, the largest of its kind in North America, can process up to 1,000 tons of organic waste daily and produce up to 985,000 million British thermal units of RNG and fertilizer annually. The project was described in a joint press release on November 15.
The facility uses Anaergia’s OREX technology to extract organic waste from mixed municipal solid waste. It then produces RNG through advanced anaerobic digestion technology. The project supports California’s Senate Bill 1383, which aims to reduce methane emissions from landfills.
Steve Compton, president of Sevana Bioenergy, emphasized the importance of the facility in meeting Los Angeles’ organic waste diversion goals under the RecycLA program and serving Southern California.
“We are making improvements to ensure reliable organic waste processing,” Compton said. Anaergia Services LLC will manage the facility for the next 10 years.
In another project, Anaergia was contracted to upgrade an anaerobic digester at Michigan State University’s South Campus Anaerobic Digester and Compost Facility. The facility converts food waste and manure into 380 kilowatts of electricity, which powers several campus buildings. “We are excited to support MSU’s efforts in dairy farming research and continue advancing clean energy solutions by turning organic waste into valuable resources,” Onn said on September 10.
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