Archaea Energy has brought online 15 plants in the last 14 months. Archaea sold first gas at the 15th plant, the Lightning Renewables-owned plant in De Soto, Illinois on May 22. Lightning Renewables is a joint venture between Archaea and Republic Services. The De Soto facility鈥檚 capacity is 2,000 scfm.
The first of the 15 plants came online in March 2024 and the plants are located in 10 states 聽(Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Alabama, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Maine and Kansas).
The total capacity for the 15 plants is 60,700 scfm. All 15 plants feature the Archaea Modular Design. Starlee Sykes, Archaea CEO: 鈥淚t鈥檚 an incredible accomplishment by a resilient team鈥攁nd we did it always keeping safety top of mind.鈥�