December 4, 2023. RenEco, in collaboration with Nordsol, embarks on a groundbreaking mission to establish the United Kingdom’s inaugural Bio-LNG production facility. Located in proximity to Rushden and under RenEco’s ownership, this plant represents an expansion of their current organic waste processing that focuses on biogas production and electricity generation. Leveraging Nordsol’s innovative technology, RenEco will convert biogas into Bio-LNG, with production to commence in the first quarter of 2024.
Bio-LNG is positioned to play a pivotal role in the sustainable transformation of long-haul road and maritime transport. Its advantages over diesel are manifest in significantly reduced emissions of CO2, NOx, SOx, and particulate matter. Depending on the feedstock, Bio-LNG is carbon neutral or even carbon negative.
“Bio-LNG is the best solution for decarbonizing the hard-to-abate long-haul transport sector today,” said Léon van Bossum, CEO of Nordsol. “With this inaugural production plant in the UK we demonstrate that onsite biogas liquefaction to Bio-LNG is not only sustainable but also affordable and scalable.”
Anticipated to yield 3.4 kilotons of Bio-LNG annually, the new facility will fuel over 8 million miles (13 million kilometers) of fossil-free road transport for heavy-duty trucks. The plant stands as an integral component of a rapidly developing circular economy. RenEco’s initiative involves the collection of organic waste from all parts of the food supply chain, its conversion into biogas and organic fertilizers via anaerobic digestion, and the transformation of biogas into the renewable products Bio-LNG and biogenic CO2. While the biogenic CO2 displaces fossil CO2 in various industries, RenEco’s fleet, along with their customer’s fleets, will run on sustainable Bio-LNG creating a circular supply chain.
William Wykes, director of RenEco, said: “Phase one of the bio-liquefaction facility will produce enough Bio-LNG to fuel 100 HGVs operating 24 hours per day 7 days per week.”
