Hartland Landfill Producing Renewable Natural Gas for FortisBC
June 11, 2025
The Capital Regional District (CRD), working together with FortisBC Energy Inc. (FortisBC) and Waga Energy Canada, has started producing Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) at a new facility located at the Hartland Landfill. The Hartland Landfill RNG facility is Vancouver Island’s first RNG facility.
Originally announced in 2020, the nearly $32 million Hartland Renewable Natural Gas facility, utilizing Waga Energy’s WAGABOX® technology, is designed to produce a maximum of 360,000 gigajoules of RNG annually, reducing the capital region’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 475,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide over the next 25 years, the equivalent of removing the total emissions from 105,000 homes in Canada over the facility lifetime. Landfill gas, released from decomposing waste, is captured and then injected into FortisBC’s gas system. By turning landfill waste into a lower carbon energy source, this initiative not only supports the province’s climate action goals but also demonstrates how a locally sourced products can help reduce reliance on conventional natural gas.
The facility aligns with the CRD’s commitment to address climate change within their operations and across the region and is an example of how FortisBC is working with local governments to develop renewable and lower carbon gases. When RNG is added to North America’s gas system, it mixes with conventional natural gas. The more RNG is added to the gas system, the less conventional natural gas is needed, thereby reducing the use of fossil fuels.
Waga Energy will operate and maintain the facility on the CRD’s behalf for 25 years, while the CRD continues to be responsible for the ownership and operation of Hartland Landfill and the landfill’s gas collection system. FortisBC will pay a fixed price per gigajoule for the RNG and will be responsible for the costs associated with injecting the RNG into its gas distribution system. The new landfill gas upgrade facility will be fully self-funded through revenues from biogas sales.
FortisBC constructed an RNG interconnection station and a pipeline connecting the landfill to its existing gas system. Hartland Landfill, owned and operated by the CRD, serves over 460,000 people and generates approximately 10 percent of the GHG emissions in the region.
