Scapigliato and Waga Energy signed an agreement on April 29 to produce RNG on the town's site. This contract follows a call for tenders launched by the company in July 2024 and won by Waga Energy. As part of this agreement, Waga Energy will finance, build and operate a purification unit on the site, using its patented WAGABOX®?
technology to convert the biogas emitted by the waste into RNG, a renewable substitute for fossil natural gas. The WAGABOX®? unit will be commissioned in 2027 and operated by Waga Energy for an initial period of 10 years.
The WAGABox®? unit will have an installed capacity of production of 92 GWh (about 314,000 MMBtu) of RNG per year, equivalent to the consumption of around 9,400 Italian households. Revenues from the sale of RNG will be shared between Waga Energy and Scapigliato.
The landfill facility operated by Scapigliato can receive more than 300,000 tons/year of special non-hazardous waste and has an Integrated Environmental Permit issued by the Tuscany Region in February 2019. The Plant Pole, which represents one of the most important waste treatment and disposal sites in the region, is managed by the company Scapigliato as a result of the concession issued by the Municipality of Rosignano Marittimo and valid until 2064 - has been developed since the early 1980s through the management of a controlled landfill facility for the disposal of municipal and special non-hazardous waste from the regional territory. The Scapigliato Pole, through the encouragement of material and energy recovery activities from waste, has as its main objective to ensure high standards of environmental sustainability through the adoption of innovative technologies.
