Waga Energy launches Canada’s first renewable gas project

<p><br/></p><p>Waga Energy, the Mauricie Residual Materials Management Board&nbsp;(RGMRM)&nbsp;and ?nergir are joining forces to launch a renewable natural gas (RNG) injection project at the Saint-?tienne-des-Grés landfill site, and will be operational as of 2022.</p><p><br/></p><p>The Wagabox technology that will be used for this project allows landfill site operators to recover the gas emanating from these sites in the form RNG, also known as biomethane.</p><p><br/></p><p>Waga Energy will purchase the gas produced by waste products from the RGMRM for a twenty-year period. To recover it, the company will build a treatment unit on the site, using its Wagabox patented technology.</p><p><br/></p><p>?nergir will purchase RNG production from Waga Energy, contributing to achieving the&nbsp;Quebec&nbsp;government’s objective of introducing a 10 per cent share of renewable gas into the network by 2030.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Thanks to the Wagabox solution, hundreds of landfill sites across&nbsp;the United States&nbsp;and&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;will be able to produce renewable natural gas, contribute to the energy transition and generate a new revenue stream, without the need for investment or additional operating constraints,” Mathieu Lefebvre, President and Co-Founder, Waga Energy.</p><p><br/></p><p>The Wagabox unit will treat up to 3,400&nbsp;cubic metres of gas and produce 468,000 gigajoules of RNG per year, which is the equivalent to the annual consumption of 8,000&nbsp;Quebec&nbsp;households. Its operationalization will prevent 23,000 tones of CO2e emissions each year.</p><p><br/></p>