LoCI Controls, a leader in real-time monitoring and control technology for optimizing landfill methane capture announced results from its portfolio of 10 environmental attribute (EA) projects. (Environmental attributes are the credits, benefits, and emission reductions based on increased resource capture and/or resulting energy creation.) LoCI鈥檚 EA portfolio leverages the voluntary carbon market to create additional revenue streams based on emission reductions from its advanced gas capture system.
Across the 10 EA projects, LoCI has effectively reduced emissions by over 436,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per year 鈥� the greenhouse gas equivalent of removing more than 100,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles from the road each year. Over the past three years, the company鈥檚 environmental attribute project portfolio has averaged a 17% increase in methane capture.聽
These results demonstrate the ability of LoCI鈥檚 system to capture methane from landfills and achieve 鈥渋ncremental鈥� emission reductions (i.e., additional capture of methane that would have otherwise been emitted).
Last month, the COP29 climate change conference in Baku launched a聽Reducing Methane from Organic Waste Declaration聽which was signed by 30 countries, including the U.S. It calls on signatories to integrate lowering methane emissions from organic wastes into their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Organic waste in landfills is the source of landfill methane. LoCI provides an evidence-based way to significantly cut those emissions.
鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to share these results, which demonstrate how LoCI not only reduces harmful methane emissions from landfills but also creates a new way for landfills to generate revenue,鈥� said聽Peter Quigley, CEO and Chairman of LoCI Controls. 鈥淟oCI aligns environmental sustainability with operator success in a way that can make a real impact across the U.S.”
The results are calculated based on ACR鈥檚 “Landfill Gas Destruction and Beneficial Use Projects” methodology, a standard approved as a Core Carbon Principle by The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market. High-integrity carbon credits can be issued based on these emission reductions, and when sold, open up a new source of revenue for landfill operators. By rapidly and cost-effectively reducing methane emissions from landfills, LoCI鈥檚 system offers a practical, meaningful way to reduce waste sector methane emissions and help slow climate change.