US Viridi Lincoln Landfill RNG Project Breaks Ground, Expected to Start Operations in Q1 2027

en.Wedoany.com Reported - U.S. renewable natural gas platform Viridi Energy announced that construction has begun on a landfill gas-to-RNG facility at the Bluff Road Landfill in Lincoln, Nebraska. Supported by Warburg Pincus and Green Rock Energy Partners, the project stems from a previously issued request for proposals by the City of Lincoln. Under the partnership arrangement, Viridi will finance, design, construct, own, operate, and maintain the facility, and market the produced renewable natural gas, with capital risk and commodity marketing responsibility borne by Viridi, not the city government.

The facility is designed to process approximately 3,000 standard cubic feet per minute of landfill gas and is expected to begin operations in the first quarter of 2027, upgrading methane into pipeline-quality RNG for injection into Black Hills Energy's natural gas distribution system. According to Viridi, the renewable energy generated upon commissioning will be equivalent to the annual heating needs of approximately 12,000 households. This project is Viridi's fourth landfill gas-to-RNG facility and will be commissioned simultaneously with a fifth facility in Texas, bringing the company's total processing capacity to 2.3 million MMBtu. Black Hills Energy, responsible for grid interconnection, stated that the project is its second RNG collaboration with the City of Lincoln and contributes to its goal of achieving net-zero emissions in its natural gas distribution system by 2035.