The biogas business has developed over 150 megawatts of landfill gas-to-energy projects over the past 25 years in the U.K., Poland, Mexico and South Africa.
Ylem Energy will continue with the same management and operations team under the leadership of Managing Director Ian Gadsby. Ian also heads up sister company Biogas Technology, Cambridgeshire, England, which is planned to be formally incorporated into the Ylem group.
Ylem Energy is currently developing a South African landfill gas-to-power initiative, with an $13 million investment in five sites in Johannesburg. Further projects are in the pipeline across South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.
The company's multi-million-dollar portfolio of landfill gas generation projects in Mexico includes projects in Aguascalientes and Durango, which are supplying 2.5 megawatts and 1 megawatts of clean energy. Nissan Motorcars, located in Aguascalientes, continues to benefit from the green power which is produced by Ylem Energy locally to the Nissan plant.
In the more mature landfill gas markets of the U.K. and Poland, Ylem continues to operate and maintain a large portfolio of operating power generation sites.
"Apart from our name change, it will be business as usual for Ylem Energy,” said Ian Gadsby. "We will continue to expand our market leadership in landfill gas generation in South Africa and Mexico, while finding new and innovative solutions to further expand our traditional business in the U.K."
He continued, "Although market conditions for the landfill gas and biogas sectors are not currently as favorable as they have been historically, Ylem is fortunate enough to have a strong cash generative core operating business, which enables us to explore future growth opportunities. We fully expect that growth of our U.K. business will be through sector consolidation and potential acquisitions. We also anticipate organic growth in strategic energy opportunities to support developing electricity grid operations.”
