UGI and Global Common Energy Add a Second Renewable Natural Gas Project in Upstate New York
September 07 2021 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Cayuga RNG Holdings, LLC (“Cayuga RNG”) announced today that it
has entered into an agreement to develop its second project to
produce renewable natural gas (“RNG”) in upstate New York. This is
in addition to the previously announced Spruce Haven Farm
initiative. Cayuga RNG is a joint venture of UGI Energy Services,
LLC (“UGIES”), a subsidiary of UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI), and
Global Common Energy, LLC (“GCE”).
As previously announced, Cayuga RNG’s first project is being
developed at the Spruce Haven Farm (“Spruce Haven”), located in
Cayuga County in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The project
incorporates an existing anaerobic digester that generates biogas,
which is used to produce renewable electricity, and is expected to
be completed in the second half of calendar year 2022. Cayuga RNG
contracted with Martin Construction Resource, LLC, an
industry-leading supplier of RNG equipment, for the gas upgrading
equipment at Spruce Haven.
Cayuga RNG’s second project will be located at Allen Farms,
which is approximately five miles from Spruce Haven. Allen Farms
has contracted with Cayuga RNG to supply dairy waste that will
serve as the feedstock for renewable natural gas. The project will
include the construction of an anaerobic digester and a combined
heat and power project. Once completed in the second half of
calendar 2022, the project is expected to produce 85 million cubic
feet of environmentally friendly RNG each year. Cayuga RNG is
actively pursuing several other projects in the region. GHI Energy,
a UGIES subsidiary, will be the exclusive off-taker and marketer of
RNG for Cayuga RNG.
“We are very pleased with our expanding opportunities in the
Finger Lakes region of New York,” said Robert F. Beard, Executive
Vice President, Natural Gas. “Our growing investment in Cayuga RNG
demonstrates UGI’s continuing commitment to the development of
environmentally responsible energy sources and is consistent with
our stated goal of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Overall, this brings UGI’s total commitment to renewable natural
gas projects to over $100 million.”
About UGI Corporation
UGI Corporation is a distributor and marketer of energy products
and services. Through subsidiaries, UGI operates natural gas and
electric utilities in Pennsylvania, natural gas utilities in West
Virginia, distributes LPG both domestically (through AmeriGas) and
internationally (through UGI International), manages midstream
energy assets in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia and electric
generation assets in Pennsylvania, and engages in energy marketing,
including renewable natural gas in the Mid-Atlantic region of the
United States, California, and the District of Columbia and
internationally in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK.
Comprehensive information about UGI Corporation is available on
the Internet at https://www.ugicorp.com.
About GCE
GCE designs, develops, owns and operates various energy
projects, including utility scale power plants, renewable fuels
projects, microgrids, and on-site generation projects. GCE
establishes Strategic Energy Partnerships with our clients to
design and implement energy projects that meet their business
objectives. GCE has a broad range of experience in all aspects of
energy project design, development and financing. GCE has performed
innovative feasibility studies and project design; negotiated
project agreements needed to enable financing, including complex
power purchase agreements (PPAs); engineering, procurement, and
construction (EPC) contracts; fuel supply agreements; and secured
complex environmental permits in challenging regulatory
environments. GCE also has extensive experience developing
financial models and securing project financing.
Comprehensive information about GCE is available on the Internet
at http://globalcommon.com/
About Spruce Haven Farm
Spruce Haven, a family farm founded in 1987 by Doug and Janet
Young, along with Janet’s father, Dave Camp, and currently operates
with nearly 2,000 cows and 1,700 heifers.
Spruce Haven works toward responsible and sustainable farming,
acting as a research and development center for the dairy industry.
The research at Spruce Haven Farm has contributed to products
improving dairy performance globally. Spruce Haven also works to
improve the lives of its employees and families both in their
neighborhood and in Guatemala.
See their website http://pursuehappiness.farm for details of
their goals and progress.
About Allen Farms
Allen Farms, established in the early 1950s, is owned and
operated by Duane Allen and his brother Gary Allen. The Allen Farms
facility in Scipio, New York currently operates with approximately
3,000 cows and 2,000 heifers.
Allen Farms advocates for land stewardship and resource
conservation. They appreciate the opportunity to contribute to
environmentally attractive energy development and believe that
their RNG project will demonstrate how larger dairy farms can
benefit both their employee families and many others through their
small contribution to reduction of atmospheric methane impacts.
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