Brightmark, Chevron Announce First Gas at Athena Project in South Dakota
Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC – a joint venture partnership between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Brightmark Fund Holdings LLC – delivered first gas at its Athena Project in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. The project is comprised of three dairy farms, and is part of the previously announced partnership to own project companies across the United States to produce and market dairy biomethane, a renewable natural gas.
Methane generated by the manure from the Athena Project is expected to be captured, cleaned, and converted into RNG, which can be used for transportation, cooking, or electricity. The gas is anticipated to be injected into the local interstate pipeline system statewide.