Waga Energy rolls out first RNG project in British Columbia, accelerating its Canadian growth plans

Waga Energy Waga Energy rolls out first RNG project in British Columbia, accelerating its Canadian growth plans 13-Sep-2022 / 07:00 CET/CEST Dissemination of a French Regulatory News, transmitted by EQS Group. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Waga Energy rolls out first RNG project in British Columbia, accelerating its Canadian growth plans

Waga Energy (EPA: WAGA) and the Capital Regional District are kicking off a high-capacity RNG project at Hartland Landfill on Vancouver Island. This marks Waga Energy’s first landfill gas project in British Columbia and its fourth in Canada.

Waga Energy, a specialist in the production of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from landfills, has signed a contract with the Capital Regional District (CRD), one of 28 districts in British Columbia, to build an RNG production facility at Hartland Landfill on Vancouver Island. The new production unit will leverage the WAGABOX technology developed and patented by Waga Energy to produce RNG from landfill gas. RNG is a renewable substitute for fossil-based natural gas.

Waga Energy will build a high-capacity WAGABOX unit at Hartland Landfill. Expected to go online in the second half of 2024, the unit will be able to process 2,000 scfm (3,200 m3/h) of landfill gas. Based on expected gas volumes, it will be producing up to 345,000 mmBTU (100 GWh/y or 365,000 GJ/y ), and will save 450,000 tonnes of eqCO2 over the next 25 years, by replacing fossil-based natural gas.

A 25-year contract

The WAGABOX unit for the Hartland Landfill will be built in Quebec by Waga Energy’s Canadian subsidiary, with the exception of a cryogenic distillation module to be imported from France. The facility will be operated and maintained by Waga Energy for 25 years. The RNG produced by this unit will be sold by the CRD to Canadian utility FortisBC and injected into the gas grid via a pipeline extension.