CycleØ acquires Spanish landfill to produce RNG

In Spain, CycleØ has acquired Spanish waste management facility Grupo Azón Ramón y Cajal S.L. (GARYC) in a strategic move to transform municipal waste into renewable natural gas (RNG). This acquisition, part of CycleØ’s €200 million expansion in Spanish renewable gas infrastructure, will enable the company to convert 121,000 tonnes of waste each year into biomethane, enough to supply the gas needs of approximately 4,000 Spanish homes.

GARYC’s Albarreal del Tajo facility in Toledo processes liquid and solid waste from Madrid and neighbouring areas. With its planned investment, CycleØ aims to achieve biogas output of 3.7 million nominal cubic meters (26 GWh) by 2027. The biogas will be upgraded to biomethane and injected into the Spanish grid through a virtual pipeline, helping to reduce emissions and advance Spain’s target of raising annual biomethane production to 10.4 TWh by 2030 under the Hoja de Ruta del Biogás (Spain’s 2030 Biogas Roadmap).

This acquisition is the first step for CycleØ in the production of biomethane from municipal waste, helping to further establish the company as a leading producer of renewable natural gas in Spain. Backed by Ara Partners, a global private equity and infrastructure investment firm dedicated to industrial decarbonization, CycleØ will draw on its experience operating three Spanish biogas plants and managing the first private grid injection point in Spain as it expands into producing RNG from waste, a further step towards its ambition to own and operate up to 30 biogas plants in Spain.