Smithfield Foods, Dominion Energy break ground on North Carolina’s largest renewable natural gas project
This initiative will install technology across as many as 19 area farms to transform manure into renewable natural gas.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Dominion Energy, Richmond, Va., broke ground on what is said to be North Carolina’s largest renewable natural gas (RNG) project through their joint venture, Align Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).
Located in Duplin and Sampson counties, N.C., this project will generate enough energy to power more than 3,500 homes annually upon completion. Align RNG is a multi-state joint venture between Dominion Energy and Smithfield that will capture methane emissions from hog farms and convert them into RNG to power homes and businesses.