Turn trash from the landfill into a treasure. South Florida’s first renewable natural gas facility
That’s the plan behind a public-private partnership in Indian River County. To build the first renewable energy production facility from landfill gas in South Florida.
County leaders broke ground with Nopetro Energy Wednesday morning at the Indian River County landfill located on Oslo Road.
“It’s a sustainability project. It’s an economic project, and it’s an environmental project,” said Susan Adams, chair of the Indian River County Commission.
The plant is designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and generate cleaner air.
“Capture the burned landfill gas. Process it, clean it, and convert it into pipeline-quality natural gas and inject it into the region’s pipeline system,” said Nopetro CEO Jorge Herrera.
The plant is expected to be completed in about a year and produce around 3 million gallons of renewable natural gas annually.
That’s roughly 80% of the natural gas Indian River County uses each year.
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