Pine Creek RNG LLC and Constellation Power Corp have signed an settlement that features Constellation’s acquisition of a minority stake in Pine Creek’s 5 renewable pure fuel vegetation.
The Pine Creek amenities produce about 1.5 trillion British thermal models (Btu) of RNG, or biomethane, per yr.
“[T]he settlement creates the framework for Constellation and Pine Creek to develop roughly 3.0 million MMBtus [million Btu’s] yearly of extra RNG manufacturing”, a joint assertion mentioned.
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Jim McHugh, Constellation senior government vp and chief business officer, mentioned, “Our possession in these amenities and our potential to market the RNG manufacturing and environmental attributes will assist Constellation extra simply match provide to demand for fuel decarbonization merchandise that profit our prospects”.
Constellation operates a technology fleet utilizing geothermal, hydro, photo voltaic, wind, nuclear, pure fuel and oil in america. These vegetation complete 55 gigawatts in capability, sufficient to energy 27 million houses, in keeping with the corporate.
The Pine Creek vegetation include the Bayview undertaking in Utah County, Utah; the Horn Rapids undertaking and the Lamb Weston undertaking in Richland, Washington; the Quad Cities undertaking in Milan, Illinois; and the Black Hawk undertaking in Waterloo, Iowa. 4 use landfill fuel whereas the Lamb Weston facility upgrades digester biogas.
The Bayview facility upgrades biogas from the municipal strong waste website into pipeline-quality gas. The upgraded RNG is injected into Kern River Gasoline Transmission’s pipeline.
On the Horn Rapids undertaking, the landfill-to-fuel output is fed into Cascade Pure Gasoline Corp’s native distribution.
On the Quad Cities undertaking, Pine Creek says it’s planning an growth and injection right into a Kinder Morgan interstate transmission pipeline.
On the Black Hawk undertaking, Pine Creek says it additionally manages a brief digital pipeline and an area pipeline interconnection.
The one non-landfill undertaking in Pine Creek’s portfolio, Lamb Weston, processes almost 1 billion tons of potatoes yearly. A biodigester treats the water at a price of as much as 29 million gallons each day, in keeping with the corporate.
Throughout the U.S., there have been 2,585 operational biogas seize initiatives as of 2025, in keeping with the American Biogas Council’s report printed February 24, 2026. That consisted of 1,231 wastewater initiatives, 631 farm initiatives, 599 landfill initiatives and 124 meals waste initiatives. Most of those vegetation, 1,453 in complete, produce electrical energy whereas the remaining 659 produce RNG. The vegetation have a complete biogas seize capability of 1.5 million cubic ft per minute, an 8 % year-on-year progress.
The 70 biogas seize initiatives that began operation final yr represented $2.1 billion in investments, in keeping with the trade report.
The affiliation recognized potential for 17,000 extra biogas seize websites: 11,200 on farms, 3,750 at wastewater therapy amenities, 1,370 at meals waste websites and 730 at landfills.
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