
Last week, Louisiana Clean Fuels and Energy Vision, a New York-based nonprofit advocating for renewable energy, took a trip to Shreveport, LA. Along the way, staff stopped at St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Disposal District. The site provides residential and commercial solid waste collection and disposal, and oversees the operation of the St. Landry parish Landfill and recycling centers.
The disposal district has an innovative BioCNG system that converts the waste generated at the site into compressed natural gas. The vehicles at the site run off of their renewable fuel; which is generated at less than half of the cost of traditional gasoline. LCF awarded St. Landry Solid Waste with the Innovative Project of the Year in 2014, and since then St. Landry has made plans to expand the use of their BioCNG. The project will expand for another BioCNG system and a remote CNG fueling station. St. Landry Solid Waste has partnered with Progressive Waste for the additional system. In exchange for the continuation of its existing waste hauling contract with St. Landry Solid Waste, Progressive Waste has agreed to purchase new CNG-powered trucks, and will have access to the increased BioCNG generated from the expanded system. The BioCNG fuel will also be available to other St. Landry Parish clients.
St. Landry Solid Waste’s BioCNG station
LCF and Energy Vision got a private tour of the site; led by St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Executive Director, Katry Martin. We gathered footage of the site and how the process works, and LCF is creating a feature video about the project. Be on the lookout for that on our blog SOON! LCF Communications Coordinator, Lauren Lambert-Tompkins, getting footage for a feature story on St. Landry!
Following the trip to St. Landry Parish, LCF and Energy Vision met with stakeholders in Shreveport. Trey Smith with Ivan Smith Furniture showed staff around his facilities. The furniture store converted its delivery fleet to CNG. In addition, Smith owns and operates public and private CNG stations in the area. Following the meeting with Ivan Smith Furniture, LCF met with the Shreveport Energy Efficiency Division or SEED, to learn about their efforts. The division’s mission is to support conservation and sustainability within the city.
Pictured L to R: Ivan Smith Furniture’s Private CNG Station and Freedom Fuel, Trey Smith’s Public CNG Station
From SEED’s location at Shreveport’s City Hall, LCF and Energy Vision hosted a webinar about the possibilities of renewable natural gas for fleets. We hope that through our travels, we can become more available to our stakeholders around the state. If you would like LCF to come check out your project for a feature, please let us know at [email protected]!
SEED, LCF, and Energy Vision together to host a renewable natural gas webinar
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