In the United States (US), Hillsborough County has selected Waga Energy Inc., a subsidiary of France-headed gas cleaning technology provider Waga Energy SA, to build, own, operate, and maintain a renewable natural gas (RNG) production unit at the Southeast County Landfill in Lithia, Florida (FL).
Located in the City of Lithia in west-central Florida, the Southeast County Landfill is owned by Hillsborough County and operated by WM, North America’s leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions. The landfill accepts more than 400,000 tonnes of waste annually.
The plant will utilize the WAGABOX technology, developed and patented by Waga Energy. Once operational, it will be able to process up to 3,000 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) of LFG and produce over 610,000 MMBtu (180 GWh) of RNG per year, delivering gas to the local pipeline for at least 20 years.
The project is expected to reduce up to 47,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) emissions annually by displacing fossil fuels.
By producing pipeline-quality RNG, the project supports the circular economy and reduces reliance on fossil fuels with a local, reliable, and renewable source of energy to the community.
We are proud to be partnering with Hillsborough County on this major project and deploying our first WAGABOX unit in Florida near our US commercial headquarters. Together, we are turning landfill gas into RNG, a clean, local, renewable energy, and taking concrete action towards energy resilience and the decarbonization of the gas infrastructure for Florida’s communities, said Guénaël Prince, Co-founder and CEO of Waga Energy Inc.
