Els Hostalets de Pierola

Waga Energy obtains a loan from Bpifrance to finance its first Spanish project

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Waga Energy has obtained a long-term non-recourse bank loan for an amount of €6.6 million from Bpifrance to finance its Renewable Natural Gas production unit which was commissioned on June 20, 2023 near Barcelona (Spain).

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  • Waga Energy has obtained a long-term non-recourse bank loan for an amount of €6.6 million from Bpifrance to finance its Renewable Natural Gas production unit which was commissioned on June 20, 2023 near Barcelona (Spain).
  • Waga Energy (EPA: WAGA), a global expert in the production of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from landfills, successfully concluded a long-term, non-recourse loan agreement with public bank Bpifrance to finance its first Spanish production unit which has been in service since June 20, 2023 at the PreZero landfill site at Els Hostalets de Pierola (Catalonia).
  • This loan will enable the repayment of equity contributions from the Group for its commissioning.
  • Waga Energy fully financed the contruction of this equipement, as well as its connection to the local gas pipeline.

Waga Energy, PreZero and Nedgia commissioned RNG production unit near Barcelona

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

The unit has been in operation since June 20, 2023, at the Can Mata landfill site operated by PreZero at Els Hostalets de Pierola near Barcelona (Catalonia).

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  • The unit has been in operation since June 20, 2023, at the Can Mata landfill site operated by PreZero at Els Hostalets de Pierola near Barcelona (Catalonia).
  • Harnessing the WAGABOX® technology developed and patented by Waga Energy, the unit will inject 70 GWh of RNG per year (240,000 MMBtu) into the gas grid operated by Nedgia, thus avoiding the emission of 17,000 tCO2eq per year1.
  • - On June 20, PreZero, a leading Spanish supplier of waste treatment and environmental services, and Waga Energy, a specialist in the production of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) at landfill sites, started an RNG production unit at the Can Mata site located at Els Hostalets de Pierola, around 40 km from Barcelona (Catalonia).
  • The WAGABOX® unit will produce 70 GWh of RNG per year, equivalent to the consumption of 14,000 households or 200 buses.

Waga Energy awarded ISCC EU certification for its Spanish RNG production facility

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Saturday, June 10, 2023

Waga Energy has begun the ISCC EU certification process for several of its European RNG production facilities that are either under construction or operational.

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  • Waga Energy has begun the ISCC EU certification process for several of its European RNG production facilities that are either under construction or operational.
  • Waga Energy, a European specialist in upgrading landfill gas (LFG) to renewable natural gas (RNG), has been awarded ISCC EU certification for its facility under construction at the PreZero site in Els Hostalets de Pierola (Catalonia, Spain) following an independent audit conducted in April 2023.
  • This will enable us to increase the selling price of RNG produced by our first Spanish facility,” explains Lucie Tonnellier, Energy Director of Waga Energy.
  • Waga Energy has begun the certification process for all its European facilities with production capacity of over 20 GWh per year.