US-based waste services provider Waste Management has formed a joint venture with gas generation technology developer Ventech Engineers International, energy company NRG Energy and gas-to-liquids (GTL) specialist Velocys that will produce renewable fuels and chemicals from gas and biogas.
The JV will use smaller-scale GTL technology supplied by Ohio-based Velocys and will source biogas managed at landfills owned by Waste Management. Waste Management subsidiary WM Organic Growth has already began using GTL, launching a demonstration facility at its East Oak…