January 26, 2022. RNG Energy Solutions, LLC, a New Hampshire-based developer of complex energy infrastructure projects, has completed the development phase of the Linden Renewable Energy Project (LRE), a large organic waste anaerobic digester project located in Linden, New Jersey. The initiative has secured all the City of Linden, Union County and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection required permits necessary to start construction. It will be constructed on a 21-acre site that is located in a heavily industrialized area on Tremley Point Road.
The LRE Project will use proven advanced anaerobic digesters to convert organic waste into bio-methane, which will be upgraded to pipeline quality standards. The renewable natural gas (RNG) will then be directed via an interconnection to Elizabethtown Gas, a subsidiary of South Jersey Industries system located near the Project site. Its design was a collaborative effort between RNG Energy, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions and LRE’s EPC provider, Phoenix Power Group.
The LRE Project is designed to receive up to 1,400 tons per day of diverted organic waste which it will process into 3,300 dekatherms per day of renewable natural gas. This is the energy equivalent of 28,400 gallons of gasoline each day. The Project will also produce 260 cubic yards per day of a high value soil amendment material.
“The City of Linden has been a proud host community for the Project,” states Linden Mayor Armstead. “This is another in a long list of renewable energy projects that the City has completed. We have supported the LRE Project throughout the development phase and we definitely appreciate the investment in our City and the hundreds of union construction jobs that come with it. This is a long-term renewable and sustainable solution to waste management and we look forward to our continued association with the Project and its sponsors.”