Campbell Soup Company to create Ohio’s first commercial biogas power plant
Partnering with CH4 Biogas, the processor will open the facility in Napoleon, OH.
Campbell Soup Company, partnering with CH4 Biogas LLC, will construct Ohio’s first commercial biogas power plant to generate renewable electricity. The processor will direct waste generated from its soup, sauce and beverage production in Napoleon, OH, diverting 35 to 50 percent of its current waste away from Henry County landfills.
Campbell’s anaerobic digester will process material from area food processors, waste recyclers and local dairy farms, generating methane gas that will be used to produce energy for Campbell’s existing beverage production and offsetting fossil fuel usage. The power generated for the beverage facility will replace about 25 percent of Campbell’s Napoleon facility’s annual electricity use. A 15-year power purchase and services agreement will allow Campbell to use all the electricity generated at a flat cost.