San Bernardino County officials are pleased that two landfill projects are moving forward. One year ago, the county’s Public Works Department’s Solid Waste Management Division entered into agreements with Bio-Fuels San Bernardino Biogas, LLC that involve selling landfill gas from the Mid-Valley Sanitary Landfill in Rialto and the Colton Sanitary Landfill.
At the Mid-Valley Landfill, the landfill gas will be processed and turned into Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). This RNG will be sold and delivered to the nearby SoCal Gas pipeline, which is a system for distributing natural gas. The gas will be processed to meet the standards set by SoCal Gas for accepting RNG into its pipeline, the county said in a news release on June 23.
At the Colton Landfill, the landfill gas will be used to generate electricity. This electricity will power a hydrogen generation plant that will convert natural gas from a nearby gas pipeline into hydrogen fuel. Bio-Fuels San Bernardino Biogas, LLC will pay a minimum of $600,000 per year, and potentially up to an estimated $3 million per year, in lease and royalty payments for the rights to use the landfill gas and produce these different products.