AMP Americas
AMP Americas is a Chicago-based renewable natural gas producer that builds and operates on-farm dairy waste anaerobic digestion facilities, processing manure from 150,000+ cows into carbon-negative transportation fuel sold to enterprise trucking fleets (UPS, US Foods, Ruan, Dillon) and monetized via LCFS credits and D3 RINs.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2011
- HeadquartersChicago, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What AMP Americas does
Amp Americas is a vertically integrated renewable natural gas (RNG) producer that converts dairy manure into carbon-negative transportation fuel via on-farm anaerobic digestion, gas upgrading, and pipeline injection. The company operates eight facilities across Indiana, Minnesota, Idaho, Wisconsin, and Kansas, processing waste from over 150,000 cows across 12 dairies, and holds the first EPA Renewable Fuel Standard pathway and the first California Air Resources Board pathway certifications for dairy waste-to-vehicle fuel, including the lowest Carbon Intensity score (-254.94 gCO2e/MJ) CARB had issued at the time. Its business is structured around three operating units: Renewable Dairy Fuels (on-farm RNG production and project development), ampRENEW (RNG sourcing, marketing, and risk management for fleets and third-party producers), and Amp Americas Services (operations, maintenance, and asset management for both internal and third-party RNG facilities). The company monetizes product across physical RNG sales to fleet customers under long-term fixed-price offtake agreements (UPS, US Foods, Ruan, Dillon Transport) and the monetization of D3 cellulosic RINs and LCFS credits sold to obligated parties; it also operates a marketing platform that buys and sells RNG and environmental attributes on behalf of third-party producers. The company is privately held, has raised over $522 million in equity from EIV Capital and Generate Capital since 2017, and is led by CEO Grant Zimmerman with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.
AMP Americas firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- AMP Americas
- Legal name
- Amp Americas II Holdings, LLC
- Website
- https://ampamericas.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2011
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- AMP Americas is a Chicago-based renewable natural gas producer that builds and operates on-farm dairy waste anaerobic digestion facilities, processing manure from 150,000+ cows into carbon-negative transportation fuel sold to enterprise trucking fleets (UPS, US Foods, Ruan, Dillon) and monetized via LCFS credits and D3 RINs.
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AMP Americas industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Renewable Natural Gas Production
- NAICS
- Industrial Gas Manufacturing (32512)
- SIC
- Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Biogas/RNG Plant Operations, Maintenance & Asset Management (EUAAAEAI)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- RNG Offtake, Marketing & Environmental Attributes (RINs/LCFS/Guarantees of Origin) (EUAAAEAG), RNG Injection, Interconnection & Pipeline Quality Compliance (EUAAAEAE)
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Where AMP Americas is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Chicago
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
AMP Americas business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- RNG Production and Sales: Amp Americas produces RNG from dairy waste and sells it as ultra-low carbon transportation fuel to fleet customers, including those in California under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Revenue is generated through the sale of RNG physical volumes delivered into pipelines and displacing conventional natural gas/transportation fuels.
- Environmental Credit Monetization: Generation and monetization of environmental credits including RINs (Renewable Identification Numbers) under the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard and LCFS credits under California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Credits are sold to obligated parties (refiners, blenders) for compliance purposes. The company also trades RIN futures on Nodal Exchange for risk management.
- RNG Marketing & Risk Management Services: Full-service generation, sourcing, tracking, compliance, and monetization of environmental attributes for Amp's own biogas operations and other producers. Amp also buys and sells RNG for all time horizons, from spot to long term, to satisfy its own as well as 3rd party portfolio objectives. Services include environmental credit trading, RNG logistics, and regulatory compliance.
- RNG Operations & Maintenance Services: Operating services business leveraging Amp's unique 9+ years of experience in biogas operations. Manages RNG production facilities for farm partners and third-party capital partners including Generate Capital's Indiana assets and other dairy RNG projects.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Multi-year contract | RNG offtake agreements are negotiated directly with large fleet customers on a long-term fixed-price basis. |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels5 records
AMP Americas product offering
Product offeringCore offering
AMP Americas produces carbon-negative Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from dairy waste through on-farm anaerobic digestion, purifies and injects it into natural gas pipelines, and sells the fuel and associated environmental credits (RINs, LCFS credits) to commercial fleet customers under long-term offtake agreements. The company also provides third-party RNG marketing, risk management, and operations and maintenance services across its portfolio of 8 facilities in 5 states.
Product overview
AMP Americas is a vertically-integrated methane abatement company that builds, owns, and operates RNG production facilities converting dairy waste into carbon-negative renewable transportation fuel. The company operates multiple business units: Renewable Dairy Fuels (RDF) handles on-farm RNG production; RNG Marketing & Risk Management provides full-service environmental credit trading and RNG sourcing/sales; and RNG Services provides operations, maintenance, and asset management. The core product is Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), supplemented by ampRENEW for biogas division operations. Projects are developed across multiple states with pipeline injection for transportation fuel use.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- ampCNG: Compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure and station network for heavy-duty commercial trucking industry.
- ampRENEW
- Renewable Dairy Fuels (RDF)
Products and services
- Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Dairy Waste Carbon-negative Renewable Natural Gas produced by capturing methane from dairy waste through anaerobic digestion, upgrading, and compression. RNG is injected into natural gas pipelines and used as transportation fuel for heavy-duty trucking fleets. Targeted at large commercial fleets seeking ultra-low CI fuels, environmental compliance credits, and diesel displacement.
- RNG Marketing & Risk Management (ampRENEW) Full-service generation, sourcing, tracking, compliance, and monetization of environmental attributes for AMP's own biogas operations and third-party producers. Includes environmental credit management and trading (RINs, LCFS credits), RNG logistics services, and spot to long-term RNG buying and selling for fleets, RNG producers, and developers.
- Renewable Dairy Fuels (RDF) — On-Farm RNG Project Development & Operations Design, technology and equipment setup, permitting, and construction management for on-farm dairy RNG production facilities. Includes project modeling, underwriting tools, deal screening, and proprietary methodology for developing state-of-the-art dairy RNG facilities in partnership with dairy farmers.
- RNG Operations & Maintenance Services Operations, maintenance, and asset management services for RNG production facilities, leveraging AMP's 9+ years of biogas operations experience. Includes commissioning, project evaluation, service execution strategies, and continuous improvement for internal and third-party RNG assets including farm partners and capital partners like Generate Capital.
Quantifiable outcome
- Carbon-negative RNG with CI score of -254.94 gCO2e/MJ — the lowest score ever issued by CARB, making trucks using Amp's fuel far cleaner than electric vehicles.
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Companies that use AMP Americas
Customer profileNamed customers5 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
AMP Americas technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
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Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
AMP Americas partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, transactional, technology partner and key account.
- Darlington Ridge Farms LLC (DiGangi family)coreMulti-generational dairy farm in Darlington, Wisconsin managed by Jim and Katie DiGangi. Amp built and operates a CSTR anaerobic digester facility converting 90,000 gallons/day of dairy waste into RNG injected into the Alliant Energy pipeline.
- Vitol Green Holdings LLC (affiliate of Vitol)transactionalAmp Americas acquired a group of RNG project assets in Idaho from Vitol Green Holdings LLC, an affiliate of global energy and commodities company Vitol. The Idaho projects consist of three digesters at two gas processing plants and one electric power generation plant processing waste from 36,000 cows.
- Riverview LLPcoreDairy operation based in Minnesota that partnered with Amp Americas on the Morris, Minnesota RNG project — the state's first biogas-to-transportation fuel project. Captures over 700,000 gallons of manure per day from three sites.
- DVO, Inc.technology partnerDesigner and builder of DVO Mixed Plug Flow digesters used at the Jasper County, Indiana RNG facility. Each of the three digesters at three dairy farms uses DVO-designed technology.
- UPSkey accountSigned a five-year agreement for 1.5 million gallon equivalents of RNG per year from Fair Oaks dairy farm in Indiana. Major enterprise fleet customer utilizing Amp's renewable transportation fuel.
- US Foodskey accountOne of the country's largest foodservice distributors served as anchor tenant at ampCNG's Buda, Texas CNG station. US Foods operates 50 CNG trucks at the station and won a Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) grant for CNG trucks.
- Ruan Transportation Management Systemskey accountSigned fueling agreement with ampRENEW to fuel a portion of their fleets at ampCNG's public-access stations in Indiana. Fleet member of the Carbon Disclosure Project; ampCNG's 42-tractor fleet with Ruan hit 40 million miles powered by CNG/RCNG.
- Dillon Transportkey accountSigned fueling agreement with ampRENEW to fuel a portion of their fleets at ampCNG's stations in Jacksonville, Florida.
- Fair Oaks FarmscoreFlagship Indiana dairy partnership. Amp developed the first dairy biogas-to-transportation fuel project at Fair Oaks Farms in 2011, later expanded. Fair Oaks' operation converts manure from 16,000-20,000 cows into RNG. This was the first and largest dairy biogas-to-vehicle fuel project in the U.S. until August 2018.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
AMP Americas competitors and assessment
Company assessmentMarket position
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
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Trust signalCompliance2 records
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AMP Americas leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles14 records
AMP Americas subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries4 records
AMP Americas funding detail
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Investors
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AMP Americas M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about AMP Americas
What does AMP Americas do?
AMP Americas produces carbon-negative Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from dairy waste through on-farm anaerobic digestion, purifies and injects it into natural gas pipelines, and sells the fuel and associated environmental credits (RINs, LCFS credits) to commercial fleet customers under long-term offtake agreements. The company also provides third-party RNG marketing, risk management, and operations and maintenance services across its portfolio of 8 facilities in 5 states.
Is AMP Americas a public or private company?
AMP Americas is a private company. It is classified as private equity controlled and is currently operating.
When was AMP Americas founded?
AMP Americas was founded in 2011. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is AMP Americas based?
AMP Americas is headquartered in Chicago, United States, in the North America region.
How does AMP Americas make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. RNG Production and Sales are the primary driver. The others are environmental Credit Monetization, RNG Marketing & Risk Management Services and RNG Operations & Maintenance Services.
Does AMP Americas have an API?
No public API is recorded for AMP Americas.
What industry is AMP Americas in?
AMP Americas's product category is Renewable Natural Gas Production. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAAAEAI, Biogas/RNG Plant Operations, Maintenance & Asset Management, with a secondary code of EUAAAEAG, RNG Offtake, Marketing & Environmental Attributes (RINs/LCFS/Guarantees of Origin). Its NAICS code is 32512 and its SIC code is 1389.