Sevana Bioenergy acquires Rialto Bioenergy facility

Sevana Bioenergy, a Boise, Idaho-based developer and operator of large-scale renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities, has acquired the Rialto Bioenergy Facility located in Rialto, California.

The Rialto Bioenergy facility is the largest organic waste-to-energy facility in North America, Sevana says, with a permitted capacity of 1,000 tons per day of a combination of food waste separated from municipal solid wastes and municipal biosolids. The facility has a designed capacity to covert these organic waste streams into 1 million MMBtu per year of carbon negative RNG and valuable soil products, equivalent to the carbon dioxide emissions from more than 5.2 million gallons of diesel fuel consumed.

“The Rialto Bioenergy Facility is a strategic asset that aligns perfectly with Sevana Bioenergy’s mission to accelerate the production of RNG,” Sevana Bioenergy CEO John McKinney says. “This acquisition strengthens our presence on the West Coast and allows us to continue playing a vital role in helping California achieve its ambitious renewable energy and waste diversion goals.”

Founded in 2017, Sevana Bioenergy has a track record of developing and upgrading large-scale biogas projects to transform organic waste into clean RNG for transportation fuel, electricity generation and other clean energy applications.

Sevana Bioenergy plans to integrate the Rialto Bioenergy Facility into its existing portfolio of anaerobic digestion facilities. The company says it will leverage its operational expertise to gradually ramp up throughput and RNG production at the facility.