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Ameresco and Republic Services Bring 5.2 MWe Upper Rock Landfill Gas-to-Renewable Natural Gas Facility Online
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & EAST MOLINE, Ill., January 06, 2026--Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading energy infrastructure solutions provider, and Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG), a leader in the environmental services industry, today announced it achieved operation of a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility located at the Upper Rock Island County Landfill in East Moline, Illinois in December. The Ameresco-owned asset will upgrade landfill gas (LFG) from the Upper Rock Landfill into pipeline-qual
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