Pond worked with a team of developers, farmers, Dominion Energy, and Piedmont Natural Gas to complete the first renewable natural gas project in North Carolina. The project involved methane capture and digestion from multiple swine farms.

The methane was then piped to a refining and compression site to then be transferred to Piedmont Natural Gas at a metering facility with direct injection to an existing natural gas pipeline. The gas is utilized to generate electricity at the local power plant. This site was completed in early 2018. Specifically for the project, Pond designed all of the metering and pressure regulation facilities for Piedmont Natural Gas, including full civil, mechanical, electrical, and structural design for the site.

Pond specified and configured the gas quality monitoring equipment to ensure the process was producing pipeline-quality natural gas at all times. Additionally, Pond developed a detailed operating procedure for the site, including controls strategy and implementation of SCADA monitoring along with full environmental permitting and erosion control design services for the site.