Houston Company Launches Ambitious Partnership to Reclaim Natural Gas from Landfills
The Houston company Archaea Energy is teaming with Republic Services, one of the nation’s biggest waste management firms, to reclaim methane produced by landfills and refine it to fuel power plants, homes and vehicles. In addition to matching the quality of natural gas produced from wells, landfill methane, known as renewable natural gas, or RNG, has the advantage of emitting lower levels of greenhouse gases and meeting federal and state standards as a low-carbon fuel.
The companies plan to develop 39 RNG projects across 19 state, representing the nation’s single largest development of renewable natural gas. Five projects are slated for Texas: one in the Houston area, one in Beaumont, two in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and one in Amarillo.