The Brief
- Nopetro Energy will soon design, finance, build and operate a landfill gas to renewable natural gas facility in Manatee County.
- The facility will be located at the Lena Road Landfill. The $50 million dollar investment will be backed by Nopetro Energy in partnership with Johnson Controls.
- Construction is expected to start in 2026 and the operations are expected to begin in 2027.
BRADENTON, Fla. – Garbage dumped at Manatee County’s Lena Road landfill will soon be converted from methane gas into usable energy. The goal is to help the county go from ‘waste to worth.’ The process is already being done on a small level, but a partnership and project will soon make it large scale.
The backstory:
The items Manatee County residents put out for the trash end up at the Lena Road landfill in Bradenton. …