SJI and Captona Announce Construction of one of the Largest Food Waste-to-RNG Facilities in the US

The project will strengthen clean energy efforts for the NJ/NY region

FOLSOM, NJ, Dec. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --                                                                                                  Media Contact: Krystle Straus
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SJI and Captona Announce Construction of one of the Largest Food Waste-to-RNG Facilities in the US

The project will strengthen clean energy efforts for the NJ/NY region

FOLSOM, NJ, December 20, 2023 – SJI remains committed to investing in projects to advance the clean energy and decarbonization goals of New Jersey and our region. SJI, Captona, and RNG Energy Solutions today announce their partnership to construct one of the largest food waste-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in the United States. The Linden Renewable Energy (LRE) Project, based in Linden, NJ will convert organic waste into pipeline-quality RNG that can be used for a variety of applications to displace fossil fuels.

First-ever opportunity for Elizabethtown Gas customers to receive RNG.

This marks SJI’s first non-utility led anaerobic digester project that will directly connect its utility customers with a New Jersey-based RNG producer. Elizabethtown Gas, one of SJI’s primary utility subsidiaries, will blend the RNG from the Project into its existing natural gas distribution system.

The LRE Project will accept a wide range of feedstock, including food waste from industrial, commercial, and institutional entities, as well as grease waste from restaurants and other food service establishments. Anaerobic digestion is a natural process that breaks down waste in the absence of oxygen to produce natural gas and a nutrient-rich material that can be used as fertilizer.