OPAL Fuels begins its first RNG facility in California

OPAL Fuels has begun construction on a landfill-gas-to-RNG facility at the Kirby Canyon Landfill, located in Santa Clara County, California.

The new facility will have an initial annual design capacity of approximately 0.66 million MMBtus and is 100% owned by OPAL Fuels.

The project will capture biogas produced naturally from the decomposition of organic material from the Kirby Canyon Landfill and convert it into RNG, a low-carbon, low-cost transportation fuel. Approximately 5.1 million gas gallons equivalent of RNG can be produced annually based on the design capacity of the plant. OPAL Fuels will distribute the RNG via its fueling station network to heavy-duty trucks.

“Beginning construction of our 17th RNG project, our first in California, continues the OPAL execution story of moving projects from development, through construction and into operations,” said Jonathan Maurer, co-CEO, OPAL Fuels.