Renewable natural gas facility opens in Owensboro

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) — Redtail Renewables and Pacolet Milliken held a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the renewable natural gas project at the West Daviess County Landfill.

Officials say the new facility captures landfill gas and converts it into renewable natural gas, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing the landfill with additional revenue.

“If the wellfield and the projects weren’t here, the methane emissions would just go into the atmosphere and methane is 84 times worse as a greenhouse gas than CO2, so what this project does is it captures all of that methane and converts it to renewable energy,” says Casey Holsapple, CEO of Redtail Renewables.

Local officials were in attendance including Daviess County judge executive, Charlie Castlen who says this project has been in development for about 20 years.

“We’ve been trying to make this happen and I’m just thrilled that we brought it together today,” says Charlie Castlen, Daviess County judge executive. “We’re live as we speak, we’re live with our production.”

Construction of the facility itself took about 12 to 15 months.

“The contract was initially signed in 2021. We actually bought it from a prior developer and we finished it this year,” Holsapple said.

Officials say this facility allows them to collect resources that would have been wasted in the past.

“Now we’re capturing it, they’re cleaning it with the facility behind me, and we’re gonna be able to make it available for you and me and others that need to heat our homes,” Castlen said.

The facility was funded by Redtail Renewables and Pacolet Milliken and comes at no cost to Daviess County taxpayers.

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