JUNO
BEACH, Fla., Nov. 3, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, and Coffee County, Alabama announced plans to
build the first landfill renewable natural gas (RNG) production
facility in the state of Alabama. The project will be located at a
landfill owned and operated by Coffee
County and interconnect with a pipeline owned by Southeast
Gas, the leading gas utility in the region. All of the gas from the
project will be sold to Southeast Gas under a long-term
contract.
NextEra Energy Resources, will work with Coffee County to upgrade the existing landfill
gas collection system and build a new RNG production facility that
will capture and convert 1,100 standard cubic feet per minute of
landfill methane gas per year to RNG. On an annual basis, the
project is expected to capture over 16,500 metric tons of landfill
methane for beneficial use. The Coffee County RNG Project is
expected to create approximately 50 to 60 construction jobs.
"We're pleased to be working with Coffee County on this innovative
project," said Rebecca Kujawa, president and chief
executive officer of NextEra Energy Resources. "This project is
consistent with our belief that a substantial, and economic
decarbonization of the electricity, industrial, and transportation
sectors is possible, which represents a significant investment
opportunity in the coming decades."
"Our agreement with NextEra Energy Resources offers a tremendous
economic and environmental opportunity for the state of
Alabama," said Rod Morgan, Coffee
County Administrator. "From both a fiscal and sustainability
standpoint, renewable natural gas is the highest value product you
can make from collected landfill gas. This facility is exactly the
kind of development we encourage in our community. It brings
innovative new technology and jobs to our area. We're proud to work
with industry leaders like NextEra Energy Resources."
Assuming the timely receipt of a permit from the Alabama
Department of Environmental Management, the project is expected to
begin construction in the second quarter of 2023 and be operational
in early 2024. The Coffee County RNG Project will be owned by a
subsidiary of NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC, and operated by
Coffee County.
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (together with its affiliated
entities, "NextEra Energy Resources") is a clean energy leader and
is one of the largest wholesale generators of electric power in the
U.S., with approximately 24,600 megawatts of total net generating
capacity, primarily in 38 states and Canada as of year-end 2021. NextEra Energy
Resources, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's
largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun based
on 2021 megawatt hours produced on a net generation basis, and a
world leader in battery storage. The business operates clean,
emissions-free nuclear power generation facilities in New Hampshire and Wisconsin as part of the NextEra Energy
nuclear fleet. NextEra Energy Resources, LLC is a subsidiary of
Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra
Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE). For more information,
visit www.NextEraEnergyResources.com
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