VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Natural Gas and the Hampton Roads Sanitation District are launching a new renewable natural gas project that will convert wastewater byproduct into pipeline-quality fuel, following approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission.
The roughly $31 million project will be built at HRSD’s Atlantic Treatment Plant in Virginia Beach and is expected to produce more than 200,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas annually, enough energy to heat about 5,000 homes each year, according to Virginia Natural Gas.
The initiative will capture biogas created during the wastewater treatment process and upgrade it to meet pipeline standards. Once processed, the gas will be injected into an existing natural gas pipeline near the treatment plant…