Ameresco, Inc., a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, announced it has been selected by Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District (WIWMD) to design, build, own, and operate a landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at the Davis Landfill in Layton, UT. This project would be Ameresco’s second landfill gas beneficial use arrangement with the district and represents both organizations’ continued commitment to sustainable waste management solutions.
The Davis RNG facility will capture naturally occurring landfill gas, primarily composed of methane, resulting from the decomposition of organic waste and transform it into renewable energy resource. The green energy expected to be produced by the plant would reduce over 953 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
This annual CO2 reduction is the equivalent to the carbon sequestered by removing 79,223 cars from the road or planting over 98,000 acres (about more than half the size of Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks combined) of forests.
Courtesy of Ameresco.