Plant Expected to Produce 1 Million Gallons of RNG Per Year
The Clean Energy Fuels Corp. renewable natural gas digester is operational at Tri-Cross Dairy in Viborg, South Dakota.
OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) — Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced the successful completion and operational launch of its renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at Tri-Cross Dairy in Viborg, South Dakota,. The plant is forecasted to produce 1 million gallons per year of RNG.
Construction was completed in December 2023 at a cost of $24 million, including the building of digesters and a processing plant. The injecting of pipeline quality RNG started shortly after completion. Clean Energy is in the process of filing the necessary applications to generate federal and environmental credits.
“We anticipate 2024 to be a pivotal year in the demand for RNG fuel in the transportation market with the introduction of Cummins’ X15N natural gas engine for heavy-duty trucks. Clean Energy’s fueling infrastructure is expanding to meet that demand and we’ll need a constant source of additional low-carbon RNG to supply those stations,” said Clay Corbus, senior vice-president for renewables. “The new production facilities at Tri-Cross Dairy and the other farms in the Midwest that are now producing RNG is a critical component to our strategy.”
Financing for the Tri-Cross Dairy project is backed by one of Clean Energy’s RNG production joint ventures and developed by Dynamic Renewables. The facility is one in a series of projects in the Midwest for which the companies have partnered together.