Project Highlight
Linden Renewable
Energy Project
The Linden Renewable Energy (LRE)
Project anticipates to be the largest food
waste-to-renewable natural gas
(RNG) facility in the United States
Project Details
LRE is a food waste-to-RNG facility currently under construction in Linden, NJ.
The facility has the capacity to process 1,500 tons of waste to produce up to 3,783MMBtu/day of RNG—this is the energy equivalent value of 30,200 gallons of gasoline per day.
The project converts organic waste into pipeline quality natural gas utilizing anaerobic digestion technology, which generates biogas that is then upgraded to pipeline quality bio-methane for injection into the Elizabethtown Gas system located near the site.
This project offers New York City, Northern New Jersey, and the broader metro region an opportunity to manage their organic waste streams to comply with state and local food waste regulations that require organic waste to be diverted from landfills.
Construction on the facility commenced in January 2024 and is slated to be completed in Q4 2025.
Environmental Benefits
Landfills represent a third of human-made methane emissions in the United States. By diverting organic waste from landfills, LRE is expected to avoid an estimated 120,000 metric tons of CO2e annually.*
LRE plans to use on-site fuel cells to produce on-site electric, thereby minimizing reliance on the local grid and associated carbon emissions.
The project is anticipated to produce 200-300 cubic yards per day of digested solids that can be used as a soil amendment, which is a natural organic byproduct of the anaerobic digestion process and can be used as an alternative to chemical fertilizers.
* Calculated based on sponsor expected production of project and DOE Emissions Conversion Factor for Food Waste RNG Projects.
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