Air Liquide Doubles Its Biomethane Production Capacity

(Air Liquide/Biomass Magazine) Since the beginning of 2018, Air Liquide has commissioned three new biomethane production units, in the U.S, France, and the U.K. With these units, Air Liquide has doubled its biomethane production capacity, which now stands at 60 MW, the equivalent of 500 GWh for a full year of production. Over the course of the last four years, the group has decided around EUR 100 million in investments in biomethane production. Today, the Group operates 10 production units around the world, designed to purify biogas in order to transform it into biomethane and inject it into the natural gas network.

The three new biomethane production units commissioned by Air Liquide are located in the U.S. (Walnut, Mississippi), in France (Cestas, near Bordeaux), and in the U.K. (Northwick, near Birmingham).

The new biomethane production unit in the United States is located in the Northeast Mississippi Landfill (NEML) site. This is the first large-scale unit built by Air Liquide in the United States. It purifies the biogas that results from household waste treatment sites and transforms it into biomethane. READ MORE