Biomethane Procurement

In addition to being a leading buyer of renewable electricity, the University is the largest voluntary purchaser of biomethane in the country. Rather than letting this biogas vent into the atmosphere or be flared, UC is purchasing this fugitive methane produced at landfills or from food waste facilities. This resource is used to displace fossil natural gas currently used at each location, and its use will sunset by 2040 as UC pursues other decarbonization solutions.  

UC currently owns and operates a biomethane processing plant on a landfill in Shreveport, LA. Additionally, the University purchases biomethane from multiple other food waste and landfill sources, which collectively equal approximately 20% of UC’s historical fossil natural gas consumption.