Ameresco’s landfill gas to RNG plant to reach commercial operations early 2021

In Texas, Ameresco, Inc. achieved mechanical completion at its McCarty Road landfill gas to renewable natural gas plant located in Houston and will reach commercial operations in early 2021. This facility has a gross nameplate in excess of 1.1 million Dekatherms per year and is capable of processing 4,500 scfm of raw landfill gas.

The Ameresco team broke ground on the project in second quarter of 2020 and reached mechanical completion in early December 2020 while successfully navigating the construction challenges and equipment delays associated with a global pandemic and an active hurricane season.

This long-term, collaborative partnership will result in a reduction of more than 61,000 tons of CO2 emissions, which is equivalent to 103,000 passenger cars removed from the roads or 146,000 acres of pine forest conserved every year over the life of the project. The project also works to achieve the plant’s long-term sustainability goal to send 50 percent more landfill gas to beneficial reuse by 2030.