GFL, Opal announce Paragon RNG JV commences operations in North Carolina

GFL Environmental (GFL) and Opal Fuels (OPAL) announced their joint venture, Paragon RNG has commenced commercial operations of their new renewable natural gas facility at the Sampson County Landfill. The landfill, owned and operated by a subsidiary of GFL, is located in Roseboro, North Carolina. The plant is producing and injecting pipeline quality RNG. EPA registrations have been filed for the project and we expect a normal ramp-up period for the facility. The project is part of the previously announced joint venture between the two companies to develop RNG facilities at landfills owned by GFL. Having completed construction of the facility, OPAL Fuels will operate the facility and dispense the RNG as vehicle fuel for GFL’s fleet and other transportation customers. The Sampson RNG facility has a nameplate design capacity of approximately 1.6M MMbtu per year of RNG. This RNG, when used as transportation fuel to displace diesel, will reduce fleet operating costs and avoid GHG emissions equivalent to achieving zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from more than 900 heavy-duty trucks.