Aemetis, Inc., a company specializing in renewable natural gas and fuels with a focus on low and negative carbon intensity products, has announced that its subsidiary, Aemetis Biogas, has completed the initial construction phase of a multi-dairy anaerobic digester. This facility, located in Merced County, California, is designed to process waste from approximately 14,000 dairy cows.
The multi-dairy digester is anticipated to begin operations by the end of 2024, with a production capacity exceeding 200,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas annually. The facility will collect waste from four nearby dairies, each situated within half a mile of the digester, and is linked to Aemetis’s 36-mile biogas pipeline.
“Aemetis Biogas is on track to significantly boost production this quarter, including the multi-dairy digester alongside two additional dairy digesters,” said Eric McAfee, chairman and CEO of Aemetis.
He added, “We are encouraged by the rapid revenue growth from new digesters, which will generate credits under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and from Production Tax Credits established by the Inflation Reduction Act starting in January 2025. This supports our efforts to construct more digesters for additional dairies.”
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Currently, Aemetis produces biogas from anaerobic digesters connected to ten dairies, generating about 300,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas each year. Following the completion of the multi-dairy digester and the other two digesters, total production will rise to approximately 550,000 MMBtu of RNG per year from 16 dairies.
Aemetis Biogas has secured agreements with 48 dairies and plans to incorporate an additional 27 into its biogas portfolio. Once fully operational, the dairies involved in the Aemetis Biogas Central Dairy Project are expected to generate over 1.6 million MMBtu of RNG annually, contributing to estimated revenues of $250 million.
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