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Sharing more photos from our groundbreaking celebration at Oakmulgee Dairy Farm in Virginia! 🚧 Read more about the event and this project, in partnership with TotalEnergies, AstraZeneca, and Dairy Farmers of America: https://lnkd.in/e8ZujHqP

Next Thursday, our Vice President of Organics Solutions, Kip Buckley, will be speaking at the American Food Manufacturing Summit! Join us to learn more about sustainable organic waste management and say hi to our team at booth #20 ♻️

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Spooky fact about food waste in the U.S.: in 2022, methane emissions from surplus food represented 14% of total U.S. methane emissions, comparable to the emissions of 26 million cars in a year. (Source: ReFED). Mitigating surplus food emissions is crucial to our planet's future, and solutions like anaerobic digestion will be key players. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eHVNvpAp

Did you know that October is Campus Sustainability Month? We're proud to work with many colleges in New England that divert their organic waste to our anaerobic digesters, including Smith College, Amherst College, and University of Massachusetts Amherst. 🎓 Read more: https://lnkd.in/ekikxsZd

We're thrilled to have reached another significant milestone in our commitment to reducing emissions throughout our operations and value chain. Yesterday, our VP of Corporate & Government Affairs, Dan Wygal, had the honor of joining our partners at Vanguard Renewables, along with TotalEnergies, the Moyer Family, and policymakers, for a groundbreaking ceremony at Oakmulgee Dairy Farm in Amelia County, Virginia. This partnership marks a pivotal moment as we secure a long-term supply of high-quality renewable natural gas from three on-farm anaerobic digester facilities across the U.S., thanks to our collaboration with Vanguard Renewables. Over the next 15 years and beyond, AstraZeneca will utilize this renewable natural gas to power our U.S. research and manufacturing sites, propelling our efforts toward global decarbonization.

 Big things are happening in Virginia—starting from the ground up! 🇺🇸 TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables, a portfolio company of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), have broken ground on the Oakmulgee Dairy Farm Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project in Amelia Court House, Virginia. 💡 This project will generate over 259,000 MMBtu of RNG annually, transforming 105,000 tons of food and beverage waste into sustainable energy via an anaerobic digester. Even more exciting? The RNG produced will help power AstraZeneca's Maryland biopharmaceutical facilities! 💡 The Oakmulgee project is part of a larger partnership between TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables to scale up #RNG production across the U.S. 👏 Together, we’re advancing 10 projects with a total capacity of 0.8 TWh—and a potential pipeline of 60 future projects! ➡️ Learn more in the press release: https://lnkd.in/ePc_BGqx #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #Biogas #RNG #TotalEnergies

We're honored to have held a groundbreaking ceremony today at Oakmulgee Dairy Farm, Virginia's oldest continuously operating family dairy and our first facility in the state. Thank you to the Moyer family, AstraZeneca, TotalEnergies, and our team, clients, and honored guests for joining us at today's event. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8ZujHqP

In the newest ReFED study, they highlight recycling infrastructure that diverts organics from landfill as being able to have a significant impact on methane reduction, specifically "centralized and community recycling solutions such as composting and anaerobic digestion." Scaling up this infrastructure is key. At Vanguard Renewables, we have six operating anaerobic digestion facilities, three under construction, and more in development across the country. We're scaling up - join us! ♻️ Read the report: https://lnkd.in/ecGYG4qw

Anaerobic digestion is relatively new to the U.S., but has long been prevalent in other countries; Germany alone has nearly 10,000 anaerobic digesters. Anaerobic digestion is a sustainable solution that keeps organic waste out of landfills and methane out of the atmosphere, while producing renewable energy for businesses, institutions, and more. ⚡ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eHVNvpAp

A new study from ReFED found that uneaten food is responsible for 14% of U.S. methane emissions. Centralized organic waste solutions, like anaerobic digestion, will be key infrastructure for mitigating these emissions moving forward. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/ecGYG4qw