Air Liquide making progress on planned Pennsylvania biomethane project

In Pennsylvania, Indiana County Development Corporation (ICDC) is coordinating efforts with Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC to host an informational meeting with company representatives and local residents regarding the renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility proposed at the 119 Business Park – Lot 2, located in Center Township, Indiana County, PA.

An informational meeting was held on Monday with representatives of Air Liquide who made a presentation on operational and safety processes and answer questions from the public.

Air Liquide has signed an interconnection agreement with Peoples Natural Gas to inject RNG produced at the plant into its pipeline system for delivery to residential and commercial customers.

The plant will receive dairy waste (cow manure) from approximately 18 – 20 partnering farmers who will receive a quarterly cash payment for the value they help create for the project. To produce biogas, the waste must be pumped into airtight containers called anaerobic digesters to protect it from oxygen. The decomposition process occurring inside the sealed environment creates biogas, which is then purified into RNG within the plant’s closed system.