SCH Number 2024100760

Project Info

Title

Bowerman Power Renewable Natural Gas Plant Project

Description

A renewable natural gas (RNG) plant will be designed to produce RNG from landfill gas (LFG). Most of the LFG produced by the FRB Landfill is sent to the existing Bowerman Power Plant to produce energy. Currently, when the Bowerman Power Plant reaches production capacity, excess LFG is sent to a flare station for incineration. The proposed RNG plant will process the LFG, that would otherwise require incineration at the existing adjacent flare station and deliver it to SoCalGas. The Project does not include the storage of RNG, instead RNG will be directed into the existing SoCalGas natural gas pipeline system. This effort will promote the beneficial reuse of existing and future LFG collected by FRB Landfill, support long-term sustainability goals in the region, and help reduce Orange County’s reliance on fossil fuels. Additionally, the Project will contribute to California Public Utility Commission’s Renewable Gas Program to procure RNG made by methane from organic waste from landfills and other sources. By processing LFG into RNG and delivering it to SoCalGas, the Project will reduce the volume of LFG being flared and the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the flares. The RNG Plant will have the capacity to process 6,000 scfm of LFG is equivalent to avoiding the GHG emissions from trash landfilled over an approximately 1.5 year period.

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