SJI Receives Energy Vision Leadership Award for Linden Renewable Energy Project

FOLSOM, NJ, November 1, 2024 – SJI has received the 2024 Energy Vision Leadership Award, which recognizes trailblazers who are spearheading the advancement of an expanding industry. Steve Cocchi, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SJI, accepted the award at Energy Vision’s 18th Annual Awards Reception. 

SJI was recognized for the Linden Renewable Energy (LRE) project, on which the company, along with its partners Captona and RNG Energy Solutions, broke ground earlier this year. Upon its planned completion in the fourth quarter of 2025, it is anticipated that the LRE project will have the capacity to convert up to 1,475 tons of waste to produce up to 3,783 million BTUs of renewable natural gas (RNG)—the energy equivalent value of 30,200 gallons of gasoline per day. The renewable natural gas produced at the plant will be injected into a nearby pipeline to heat homes and businesses in the Elizabethtown Gas service area.

“Renewable energy development is foundational to our strategic approach at SJI,” said Steve Cocchi. “I thank Energy Vision for this honor and for continuing to promote, educate, and reward waste-to-energy projects and corporations contributing to the nation’s sustainability goals.” 

The LRE project will offer New York City, Northern New Jersey, and the broader metro region an opportunity to manage their organic waste streams to comply with state and local food waste regulations that require organic waste to be diverted from landfills. It will create jobs, have the potential to reduce greenhouse gases, and make use of innovative technology.

Through its subsidiaries, SJI is developing and advancing sustainable energy solutions through the ownership, development, construction, and operation of diverse renewable energy projects with a core focus on producing renewable natural gas (RNG). In addition to the LRE project, SJI, in partnership with Opal Fuels, is developing projects at two New Jersey landfills, where the biogas produced from decomposing organic landfill material will be captured by a gas well collection system and processed into pipeline-quality gas. 

For more information about the Linden Renewable Energy project, please click here.

For more information about SJI and its subsidiaries, please visit sjindustries.com.