OPAL Fuels Inc and infrastructure holding firm South Jersey Industries (SJI) have began manufacturing at a renewable pure fuel (RNG) facility in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, anticipating to supply over 650,000 million British thermal models (MMBtu) or greater than 4.6 million gasoline gallon equal (GGE) per yr of biomethane.
“Situated at ACUA’s [Atlantic County Utilities Authority] stable waste landfill, the RNG facility captures and processes landfill fuel into RNG, offering a renewable, lower-carbon gas different to diesel and standard pure fuel”, mentioned a joint assertion by OPAL, SJI and ACUA.
The challenge, the primary accomplished beneath OPAL and SJI’s RNG three way partnership, introduces RNG to the pipeline system of SJI subsidiary South Jersey Fuel, the businesses mentioned.
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The challenge additionally makes ACUA “the primary public stable waste facility in New Jersey to host an RNG challenge”, mentioned ACUA president Matthew DeNafo.
A second OPAL-SJI RNG plant is being constructed on the Burlington County Useful resource Restoration Complicated stable waste landfill in Florence Township, New Jersey. Anticipated to come back on-line subsequent yr, the Burlington plant will produce as much as 0.92 million MMBtu or about 6.5 million GGE of RNG a yr.
OPAL will distribute the RNG from the Burlington plant through its fueling station community to heavy-duty vehicles, with an anticipated avoidance of 530,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per yr, the companions mentioned in a press release August 7, 2024, saying the beginning of development.
OPAL and SJI introduced their 50-50 three way partnership to construct and function RNG services on September 21, 2023.
Apart from the joint initiatives with SJI, OPAL is constructing two extra RNG vegetation. Cottonwood, 100% owned by OPAL, can have a capability of 0.66 million MMBtu per yr; start-up is predicted 2026. Kirby, additionally absolutely owned by OPAL, will even produce as much as 0.66 million MMBtu; OPAL expects to start manufacturing 2027.
Within the first half of 2025, OPAL noticed its RNG manufacturing develop 35 p.c from January-June 2024 to 2.3 million MMBtu. Quarterly RNG output grew 33 p.c in opposition to the identical three-month interval final yr to 1.2 million MMBtu.
“The Gasoline Station Companies phase offered, allotted, and serviced an mixture of 40.8 million and 81.4 million GGEs of transportation gas for the three and 6 months ended June 30, 2025, a rise of 11 p.c and 14 p.c respectively, in comparison with the prior-year interval”, OPAL reported August 7. “Of this quantity, RNG allotted as a transportation gas was 20.6 and 40.1 million GGEs, a rise of 10 p.c and 14 p.c respectively, in comparison with the prior-year interval”.
On the finish of the second quarter OPAL had 46 fueling stations beneath development together with 20 owned by the corporate, in line with its quarterly report.
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