Montauk Renewables lines up North Carolina offtake agreement

Pittsburgh-based Montauk Renewables Inc. has signed an offtake and renewable energy certificates agreement with Charlotte, North Carolina-based utility Duke Energy, lining up an end market for energy produced at the Montauk Turkey Creek facility in Sampson County, North Carolina.

Montauk is constructing the Turkey Creek facility to convert pork sector agricultural byproducts and waste into electricity, renewable natural gas (RNG) and other commodities such as biochar fertilizer. “The patented technology, as we believe, is designed in a manner that avoids meaningful amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,” the company says.

“The 15-year agreements call for Duke to buy the electricity as well as the associated swine waste renewable energy certificates (RECs) from the conversion, which is contracted to be up to 47,000 RECs per year once the facility is fully commissioned.” 

“We’re excited about the opportunity to work with Duke on our groundbreaking swine waste-to-renewable energy project and to serve the communities of eastern North Carolina with a project expected to be beneficial to the people locally and the environment globally,” Montauk CEO Sean McClain adds.

Once fully commissioned, the initial stage of the expandable facility, will have the potential to generate renewable energy sufficient to power more than 5,000 homes and businesses and will help Duke Energy to meet its swine waste requirement under a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard law in North Carolina. Montauk says it anticipates the Turkey Creek facility being fully operational in the first half of 2025.

Montauk Renewables is a renewable energy company specializing capturing methane, and converting it into either RNG or electrical power The company has 15 sites located in California, Idaho, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Texas.