Waga Energy announced on Wednesday that it had won a contract in the United States from Rockingham County (North Carolina) to produce biomethane at a landfill site.

In a press release, the French company stated that it had won a call for tenders issued at the end of 2022 to recover the gas from the landfill.

As part of this agreement, Waga plans to finance the construction of a purification unit, based on its Wagabox technology, to produce biomethane from the gas spontaneously emitted by the waste.

The company will operate the facility for at least 20 years, sharing the revenues generated by the sale of the biomethane with Rockingham County.

The unit, which will be commissioned in 2026, will be able to produce up to 60 GWh of biomethane per year, injected directly into the local gas network.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) calculation methodology, the production of this renewable gas will avoid the emission of around 13,500 tonnes of CO2 per year.

The Rockingham County landfill, located around 450 kilometers southwest of Washington, D.C., processes around 100,000 tons of waste per year, produced by the area's 92,000 residents.

Listed on the Paris Bourse, Waga Energy shares reacted little to this announcement in early trading on Wednesday morning, posting a gain of around 0.4%.

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