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Council OKs contract with Mayhill Renewables to turn landfill gas into pipeline-quality fuel
Summary
The Denton City Council on Sept. 9 approved an ordinance authorizing the city manager to sign a 20-year contract and lease with Mayhill Renewables LLC to collect, upgrade and sell landfill gas from the Denton landfill as renewable natural gas.
The Denton City Council on Sept. 9 approved an ordinance authorizing the city manager to sign a contract and lease with Mayhill Renewables LLC (Morrow Energy) to design, build and operate a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Denton landfill.
City Solid Waste Director Brenda Haney told council the landfill already has an active gas-collection system but that the captured gas has been flared. “We capture all of that gas and we push it to a flare and simply burn it off,” Haney said. She said the city is foregoing revenue and still incurs maintenance costs for the flare.
The agreement gives the private operator responsibility for the landfill’s gas collection system — currently about 139 active wells — and for cleaning, compressing and selling the upgraded…
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