DEXTER, Mo. (WSIL) -- Local and industry leaders welcomed a new renewable natural gas plant in Dexter on Wednesday.
Archaea Energy (a BP subsidiary) and Republic Services held a ribbon cutting for their new plant called Lightning Renewables in Dexter on November 13. Lightning Renewables is a renewable natural gas plant which is located at Lemons East Landfill in Dexter at 15250 Old Bloomfield Road.
Archaea Energy explained the Lightning Renewables plant will be able to process up to 2,000 standard cubic feet of landfill per minute. This is then used to create gas to heat more than 8,000 homes per year, according to the EPA's Landfill Gas Energy Benefits Calculator.
The plant is expected to be online in the next couple of weeks.
Archaea Energy, a bp-owned company, is the largest RNG producer in the U.S., with an industry-leading platform and expertise in developing, constructing, and operating RNG facilities to capture waste emissions and convert them into low carbon fuel. Additional information is available at .
Republic Services, Inc. is a leader in the environmental services industry. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides customers with the most complete set of products and services, including recycling, solid waste, special waste, hazardous waste and field services. Republic’s industry-leading commitments to advance circularity and support decarbonization are helping deliver on its vision to partner with customers to create a more sustainable world. For more information, please visit�.
