Dive Brief:

• Waste Management, Inc., Ventech Engineers International LLC, NRG Energy, Inc. and Velocys PLC have announced a joint venture to create renewable fuels and chemicals from biogas and natural gas using a smaller-scale gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology.
• Waste Management established the use of scaled down GTL using landfill gas. The company constructed and has operated a demo facility at the East Oak landfill in Oklahoma for more than 10,000 hours.
• The partnership is building its first facility, located at the East Oak landfill site. A decision will be finalized this year as to how the venture will proceed with the facility.

Dive Insight:

According to the press release, Joe Vaillancourt, Waste Management's vice president of corporate ventures, said "From developing gas recovery and cleanup techniques, to registering GTL diesel as a fuel for on-highway use, Waste Management has been a leader in this area. Velocys' leading smaller-scale GTL technology, Ventech's engineering capabilities and NRG's clean energy development expertise will complement Waste Management's strengths in the joint venture."