What River Birch Renewable Energy does

River Birch Renewable Energy (legal entity: River Birch, LLC) operates a vertically integrated waste-to-energy platform from a single site in Avondale, Louisiana. The company's revenue is generated across three primary lines: (i) tipping and disposal fees at two landfills — a Type I & II Subtitle D landfill (the largest in Louisiana by volume) and a Type III Construction & Demolition debris landfill operated through wholly owned subsidiary Hwy. 90, LLC; (ii) disposal fees at Louisiana's only commercial Class I Non-Hazardous Injection Well Facility, with 1.2 million gallons per day capacity across two wells positioned 6,500 feet below three shale layers; and (iii) renewable natural gas (RNG) sales to utility offtake partners Atmos and BP through a pipeline-grade processing facility. The gas plant operates at 99.5% efficiency with 1,600 SCFM inlet flow rate capacity and is reported as the third-largest RNG plant in the United States.

Name

River Birch Renewable Energy

Legal name

River Birch, LLC

Website

https://riverbirchrenewables.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

River Birch Renewable Energy operates a vertically integrated waste-to-energy platform in Avondale, Louisiana, running two landfills, Louisiana's only commercial Class I injection well facility, and the third-largest US renewable natural gas plant, serving industrial, municipal, oil & gas, and utility offtake customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste-to-Energy and Renewable Natural Gas Services

NAICS

Biomass Electric Power Generation (221117), Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators (562213)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Landfill Gas (LFG) Collection & RNG Upgrading (EUAAAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organics-to-Energy & CHP from Biogas (On-site Power/Heat) (EUAIAEAG), Biogas/RNG Plant Operations, Maintenance & Asset Management (EUAAAEAI)

Keywords

• Landfill waste disposal
• Renewable natural gas
• Injection well services
• Industrial liquid waste
• Construction demolition debris

Headquarters

HQ city

Avondale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Renewable Natural Gas Sales: The company operates a gas plant that processes landfill gas into pipeline-grade renewable natural gas (RNG), which is then sold/supplied to utility partners like Atmos and BP. This represents the core revenue-generating operation of the facility.
2. Landfill Waste Disposal Services: Accepts various non-hazardous wastes including municipal, commercial, industrial wastes, exploration and production waste, and construction/demolition debris for disposal fees. Operates Type I & II Subtitle D landfill and Type III C&D landfill.
3. Injection Well Liquid Waste Disposal: Commercial Class I non-hazardous injection well facility accepting E&P waters, industrial liquid waste, and landfill leachate for disposal at 1.2M gallons per day capacity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

River Birch Renewable Energy operates a vertically integrated waste-to-energy platform in Avondale, Louisiana, comprising two landfills (Type I & II Subtitle D and Type III C&D), an on-site Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Gas Plant that processes landfill gas into pipeline-grade natural gas, and Louisiana's only commercial Class I Non-Hazardous Injection Well Facility for industrial liquid waste disposal. The company sells RNG to utility partners and provides non-hazardous waste disposal services to industrial, commercial, municipal, and oil & gas customers nationwide.

Product overview

River Birch Renewable Energy operates a vertically integrated waste-to-energy platform consisting of two landfill operations (River Birch LLC Type I & II Subtitle D landfill and Hwy. 90 LLC Type III Construction & Demolition landfill), an on-site Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Gas Plant that processes landfill gas into pipeline-grade natural gas, and a Class I Non-Hazardous Injection Well Facility for liquid waste disposal. The company is the third-largest and second-most efficient RNG plant in the United States, with a 99.5% efficiency rating and 16,000 SCFM inlet flow capacity. Additionally, River Birch is developing six emerging products: Beverage-Grade CO2 (carbon capture), Anaerobic Digester, Tires & Plastics Conversion, Transportation Infrastructure, Green Hydrogen Production, and Solar Farm—all targeting carbon negativity and zero emissions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• River Birch Subtitle D Landfill (Type I & II) Type I and II Subtitle D landfill permitted to accept municipal, commercial, industrial, exploration and production waste, treated lumber, spent blast media, RCRA empty containers, friable and nonfriable asbestos, solid wastes, sludges, and liquid wastes. The largest Subtitle D landfill in Louisiana by volume.
• Hwy. 90 Type III Construction & Demolition Debris Landfill Type III Construction and Demolition Debris landfill operated by wholly-owned subsidiary Hwy. 90, LLC, accepting noncontaminated construction debris, demolition debris, metal, concrete, brick, asphalt, roofing materials, floor tiles, vegetative debris, and hurricane debris.
• Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Gas Plant On-site facility that processes and cleans landfill gas to meet interstate pipeline natural gas standards, producing pipeline-grade renewable natural gas at 99.5% efficiency with 1,600 SCFM inlet flow rate capacity. The third-largest RNG plant in the United States.
• Class I Non-Hazardous Injection Well Facility Louisiana's only commercial Class I Non-Hazardous Injection Well Facility, with two injection wells positioned 6,500 feet below three shale layers providing 1.2 million gallons per day disposal capacity for industrial liquid waste, E&P waters, and landfill leachate.
• Beverage-Grade CO2 (in development) Purified and liquefied beverage-grade CO2 produced by repurposing CO2 byproduct from the renewable natural gas process, supporting carbon capture and carbon negativity objectives.
• Anaerobic Digester (in development) Planned anaerobic digestion system designed to transform organic material into biogas, enhancing renewable natural gas production while maintaining a low carbon footprint.
• Tires & Plastics Conversion (in development) Planned solutions to convert tire chips and plastics into renewable CO2, with alternative outputs including green methanol and sustainable fuels.
• Green Hydrogen Production (in development) Planned system to produce green hydrogen and green oxygen via steam methane reforming and electrolysis applied to leachate and industrial liquid waste as clean energy sources.
• Solar Farm (in development) Planned solar energy generation facility using high-efficiency photovoltaic panels with 90% light capture, licensed from a university, designed to power gas plant operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.5% efficiency rating for RNG processing
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AtmoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtmos is a natural gas utility company that purchases pipeline-grade renewable natural gas from River Birch. The RNG processed at River Birch's facility is supplied to Atmos for distribution through their interstate pipeline network, contributing to cleaner energy solutions.
• BPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBP is an energy partner offtaking renewable natural gas from River Birch. The facility achieved the #1 runtime among all BP facilities, demonstrating strong operational performance and reliability in their partnership. BP distributes the RNG as part of their renewable energy portfolio.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Vanguard Renewables: Farm-based anaerobic digester developer producing RNG from organic waste. Comparable in RNG production and carbon-negative positioning; complementary rather than directly competing on landfill gas feedstock.

Broad incumbents

• Republic Services: Second-largest U.S. solid waste company with active landfill-gas-to-energy program producing RNG. Comparable business mix (landfill + RNG) but national, multi-site operation.
• Waste Connections: Major U.S. solid waste hauler; in 2019, River Birch acquired the Jefferson Parish landfill contract from Waste Connections. Comparable landfill operator profile, though Waste Connections is multi-site and far larger.
• WM (Waste Management): Largest U.S. waste services company with significant landfill-gas-to-energy and RNG operations. Comparable in landfill operations, gas collection, and RNG monetization, but at vastly larger scale and integrated across hundreds of sites.
• Casella Waste Systems: Regional solid waste and recycling company with landfill gas-to-energy operations in the Northeast. Comparable in Subtitle D landfill operations and landfill gas monetization, though smaller in RNG scale than River Birch.

Direct peers

• Montauk Renewables: Publicly traded landfill-gas-to-RNG producer operating a portfolio of biogas-to-energy facilities across the U.S. Direct comparable on RNG production from landfill gas, pipeline-grade output, and offtake into transportation fuel markets.
• OPAL Fuels: Vertically integrated RNG producer selling pipeline-grade RNG and renewable electricity. Comparable in landfill-gas-to-RNG production model and downstream marketing into transportation fuel markets.
• Brightmark Energy: Developer of RNG projects from dairy and organic waste streams with landfill-gas exposure. Comparable in waste-to-RNG conversion economics and carbon-negative positioning.
• Archaea Energy (bp): Landfill-gas RNG developer acquired by bp in 2022 — directly comparable RNG feedstock (landfill gas), pipeline-grade output, and now a sister asset inside bp's portfolio alongside River Birch's BP offtake relationship.

Others

• Clean Energy Fuels: Largest U.S. provider of RNG as a transportation fuel, including procurement from landfill-gas projects. Functions as a downstream offtake/marketing channel comparable in role to BP and Atmos for River Birch's RNG output.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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