Trilogy Receives Federal Funding for West Virginia Project Development

Trilogy Waste Diversion has received federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to support the development of its West Virginia waste diversion project. The funding, which came in July 2023, was supported by then-Senator Joe Manchin and reflects the DOE's interest in advancing innovative waste-to-energy technologies in the region.The West Virginia project represents Trilogy's flagship U.S. development — and, if completed, would be the first facility of its kind in the country to combine a Dirty MRF front-end with integrated anaerobic digestion and gasification systems for municipal solid waste. The project is designed to process municipal solid waste delivered under feedstock agreements with local municipalities and haulers.The DOE funding supports project development activities including feasibility analysis, permitting work, and engineering design. Trilogy is working with Corval, a 100-year-old EPC firm, on permitting and construction planning, and with Stifel to structure the debt financing package for the project.The project's technology builds on systems deployed by Trilogy's Dutch engineering partners, whose anaerobic digestion technology is operational in over 20 projects throughout Europe. Trilogy holds the North American rights to this technology, which has demonstrated the ability to generate approximately 50% more methane from the same feedstock compared to leading competitors.