LoCI announces methane emission reductions across portfolio

LoCI Controls Inc., a Wareham, Massachusetts-based developer of software technology for real-time monitoring and control for optimizing landfill methane capture, reportedly has reduced emissions by more than 436,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year for its portfolio of 10 environmental attribute (EA) projects.

Additionally, the company revealed its environmental attribute project portfolio has averaged a 17 percent increase in methane capture.

EAs are the credits, benefits and emission reductions based on increased resource capture and/or resulting energy creation, according to the company. LoCI says its EA portfolio leverages the voluntary carbon market to create additional revenue streams based on emission reductions from its advanced gas capture system.

Across the 10 EA projects, LoCI says it has effectively reduced emissions by more than 436,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year—the greenhouse gas equivalent of removing more than 100,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles from the road each year.

“We’re proud to share these results, which demonstrate how LoCI not only reduces harmful methane emissions from landfills but also creates a new way for landfills to generate revenue,” LoCI Controls CEO Peter Quigley says. “LoCI aligns environmental sustainability with operator success in a way that can make a real impact across the U.S."  

These results demonstrate the ability of LoCI’s system to capture methane from landfills and achieve “incremental” emission reductions, which corresponds to the additional capture of methane that would have otherwise been emitted.

LoCI says its system offers a practical and evidence-based way to reduce waste sector methane emissions and help slow climate change by rapidly and cost-effectively reducing methane emissions from landfills.

In November, the COP29 climate change conference in Baku launched a Reducing Methane from Organic Waste Declaration signed by 30 countries, including the U.S. It calls on signatories to integrate lowering methane emissions from organic wastes into their nationally determined contributions to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The company's results are calculated based on ACR’s "Landfill Gas Destruction and Beneficial Use Projects" methodology, a standard approved as a Core Carbon Principle by The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market. High-integrity carbon credits can be issued based on these emission reductions, and when sold, open up a new source of revenue for landfill operators.