# Sevana Bioenergy LLC

> Sevana Bioenergy is a Boise, Idaho developer that builds and operates large-scale anaerobic digestion plants, capturing methane from dairy manure and food waste and refining it into carbon-negative renewable natural gas. Founded in 2017 by John McKinney, the company runs biogas facilities across the Western U.S. and, in 2024, bought North America's largest organic waste-to-energy plant out of bankruptcy for $20 million. It is backed by a $250 million commitment from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Boise, Idaho, United States
- **Founders:** John McKinney (Chief Executive Officer & Founder)
- **Team size:** 17 employees
- **Products:** Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), Anaerobic Digestion Facilities, Organic Soil Amendments, Rialto Bioenergy Facility operations
- **Notable:** Founded in 2017 and built 20+ state-of-the-art digester tanks across Oregon, Idaho, and South Dakota within its first years., Secured a $250 million capital commitment and majority-stake partnership with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in March 2023., Acquired the Rialto Bioenergy Facility - North America's largest organic waste-to-energy plant - for $20 million in June 2024 out of Anaergia's bankruptcy.

## Products & services

- **Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)** — Pipeline-grade, carbon-negative natural gas produced by capturing and upgrading biogas from anaerobic digestion of dairy manure, food waste, and biosolids.
- **Anaerobic Digestion Facilities** — Design, development, ownership, and operation of large-scale biogas plants using European digester technology, across dairy and organics feedstocks.
- **Organic Soil Amendments** — Nutrient-rich digestate byproducts recovered from the digestion process and returned to agricultural use as soil products.
- **Rialto Bioenergy Facility operations** — North America's largest organic waste-to-energy plant, permitted for 1,000 tons/day of food waste and biosolids, engineered for 1 million MMBtu/year of RNG.

## Achievements

- Founded in 2017 and built 20+ state-of-the-art digester tanks across Oregon, Idaho, and South Dakota within its first years.
- Secured a $250 million capital commitment and majority-stake partnership with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in March 2023.
- Acquired the Rialto Bioenergy Facility - North America's largest organic waste-to-energy plant - for $20 million in June 2024 out of Anaergia's bankruptcy.
- Completed over $5 million in capital and operational improvements at Rialto to restart reliable organics processing.
- Operates biogas facilities across four-plus states converting dairy manure, swine manure, food waste, and biosolids into RNG.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Acquired the Rialto Bioenergy Facility in Rialto, California for $20 million, bolstering West Coast RNG production.
- **2024-11** — Announced progress on more than $5 million in capital and operational improvements to the Rialto facility to ensure reliable organics processing.
- **2025-02** — Presented a Rialto facility overview and update to the Los Angeles County Solid Waste task force.

## Links

- Website: https://sevanabioenergy.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sevana-bioenergy-llc

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