A-Gas Americas has announced a multi-million dollar investment for a second Plasma Arc, Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) destruction unit at its production facility in Bowling Green, Ohio.

A new state of the art ‘Salience’ Plasma Arc Destruction unit is currently being installed with a start-up date of early 2016. This will double the available ODS destruction volume within A-Gas Americas. This increased capacity will be used by A-Gas for the development of high quality, California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) to be used by entities with compliance obligations under California’s landmark GHG cap and trade programme.

The addition of this second Plasma Arc destruction unit also gives A-Gas the ability to offer destruction capacity needed to third party CCO project developers. A-Gas Americas is firmly committed to the Plasma Arc technology as the cleanest, most preferred method for destruction of high global warming ODS, with an efficiency that can exceed 99.9999% of the harmful ODS gases.

Ceo of A-Gas Americas, Monte Roach (pictured right), said: “This new investment shows our confidence in the longevity and growth in the California Carbon Offset market and our commitment to clean Plasma Arc destruction technology which brings the most environmentally efficient end of life solution for used ODS refrigerants.”

A-Gas business development director, Ken Logan, said: “Our Total Solutions programme for complete lifecycle management of refrigerants is further illustrated in this innovative approach to finding answers for our customers’ complete ODS regulatory requirements. The contraction of fluorocarbon destruction since late 2014 has created a void in the carbon market, a void that we are pleased to fill with increased capacity at a non-hazardous waste facility, creating a low risk option to developers of highly valuable CCO projects.”