Biofuels developer Montauk Renewables and American Environmental Landfill (AEL) have broken ground on a new renewable natural gas production site at a site in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Tulsa landfill trash-to-RNG plant is expected to produce close to 1,500 million British thermal units per day in gas energy. Landfills emit large levels of methane, which is considered multiple times more damaging as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
Montauk plans to spend between $25 million and $35 million developing the landfill gas-to-RNG project. The facility could be commissioned into operation by the first quarter of 2027.
“We believe this project is indicative of our core growth strategy, to align ourselves with exemplary host businesses, and synchronize their growth needs with our development initiatives,” said Sean McClain, Montauk Renewables CEO. “The strong historical and continued growth of available feedstock at this project location is a great example of how successful these partnerships can be.”
The project is accompanied by an extension of its existing gas rights and lease agreement with the landfill host, AEL, which will sell the RNG to off-takers. Pittsburgh-based AEL owns operations at 13 projects in California, Idaho, Ohio, Oklahoma and four other states.
