Three Petals RNG LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novilla Investment Holdings LLC, announced the beginning of construction of its first dairy renewable natural gas project at Trillium Hill Farm. The start of construction comes only two months after executing a manure rights contract and eight months after the execution of a letter of intent with the dairy.
The fully funded project, located in Berlin, Wisconsin, will use dairy manure from Trillium Hill to generate an estimated 375,000 gallons of gasoline equivalent of biomethane per year. The company anticipates the ultra-low carbon fuel produced at its Trillium Hill site will be used in CNG vehicles and contribute to the decarbonization of the transportation sector.
“We are grateful for the confidence that Trillium Hill entrusted with us when they chose us as their partner eight months ago. Today, we are delighted to start construction of the facility, showing them the tremendous progress we have made over that short amount of time,” said Mark Hill, Novilla RNG Co-CEO.
Bill Parkhurst, director of construction and engineering at Novilla RNG stated “The Novilla Team has over 40 years of combined experience in renewable and conventional gas processing. This in-house expertise allows us to self-execute on key components of the project rather than outsourcing, lowering our costs and execution time while enabling us to offer more value to the dairy. We expect to be reliably producing renewable natural gas in the spring of 2023 at Trillium Hill Farm with several more projects to follow later in 2023.”
“We are thrilled to be working with a best-in-class dairy family like the Jones family at Trillium Hill Farms,” added Jared Williams, Novilla RNG Co-CEO. “Their work ethic and forward-looking approach to the environmental and economic benefits of renewable natural gas have allowed this project to move quickly and efficiently.”
Dave Jones, owner of Trillium Hill, commented: “As a mid-sized, family-run dairy, the benefits of a dairy renewable natural gas project can be transformational for our farm. This project continues the farm’s vision of environmental stewardship while building community relationships and diversifying future energy generation at the local level.”
Source: Novilla RNG
