Amp Americas acquires two dairy RNG projects

Chicago-based Amp Americas, a renewable energy company, has announced the expansion of its dairy renewable natural gas (RNG) and electricity assets portfolio with two acquisitions in Indiana and Idaho. The company says the acquisitions have tripled the size of its carbon-negative fuels portfolio. 

“We believe the strength of these acquisitions, combined with our existing asset portfolio, will enable us to continue to make meaningful contributions to the decarbonization of the transportation and agriculture sectors,” says Grant Zimmerman, CEO of Amp Americas. 

According to a news release from Amp Americas, the company has consolidated San Francisco-based Generate Capital’s flagship Indiana dairy RNG project assets, with Generate investing in the corporate equity of Amp Americas. Amp says its management team commenced development of the Indiana projects in 2012, and Amp has operated and managed them on behalf of Generate Capital since June 2019. 

The Indiana projects consist of five digesters and two gas processing plants that capture methane from about 1.5 million gallons per day. Amp Americas says the facility converts dairy waste generated by 36,000 cows across nine dairies.

Amp Americas also acquired a group of RNG project assets in Idaho from Vitol Green Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Vitol in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Idaho projects consist of three digesters at two gas processing plants and one electric power generation plant that capture methane from over 940,000 gallons of dairy waste per day generated by 36,000 cows across three dairies. 

Following the acquisition, John Dannan, managing director for Generate, and Matan Friedman, Generate’s chief investment officer, joined Amp Americas’ board of directors.

“Amp Americas has been a valued decarbonization partner for Generate over the last several years, and we are excited to deepen our relationship with Amp Americas through our investment in the company,” says John Dannan, managing director at Generate Capital. “Amp Americas’ scale and expertise are an attractive model for reducing methane pollution and expanding the RNG market, and we are looking forward to supporting the company’s growth in the years to come.”

With these additions to Amp Americas’ portfolio, the company says it operates seven of the largest dairy biogas-to-transportation fuel projects in the United States. Amp Americas says it is producing fuel from dairy waste generated by more than 100,000 cows across 20 dairy farms.