Énergir, formerly known as Gaz Métro, has entered into an agreement with a Danish partner to build 10 biomethanization plants using organic materials from the agricultural sector.
Énergir and Nature Energy, which recently accepted an offer to acquire oil company Shell, estimate that these projects represent an investment of 1 billion.
The 10 plants will produce up to 200 million cubic meters of renewable natural gas (RNG). Énergir claims that this production will lead to an annual reduction in CO emissions2 of up to 400,000 tons, which is equivalent to taking about 100,000 gasoline-powered cars off the road.
Nature Energy will be responsible for the design and operation of the facilities, while Énergir will contribute to their construction and development.
As organic matter decomposes, it produces methane, which is converted into GNR through a biomethanization process. Énergir claims that this process is carbon neutral since the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the combustion of RNG release CO2 in a quantity equivalent to that which would have been emitted in the natural carbon cycle.
Énergir aims for 10% of the gas distributed in its network to consist of RNG by 2030.