RNG NEWS
Beyond The Golden State: Expanding California’s RNG Progress Across North America
As North America strides toward greater energy independence and sustainability, California’s success with renewable natural gas (RNG) presents a clear and successful roadmap for other jurisdictions to emulate. Driven by climate-smart policies such as California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and supported by federal programs like the Renewable Fuel Standard, RNG’s recent growth illustrates that great things happen when policymakers support technologies that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions today.
Our journey at RNG Coalition began over a decade ago, inspired by the early legislative efforts in California. In 2012, California enacted AB 1900, a landmark bill promulgated by RNG Coalition that allowed integration of RNG into state natural gas pipelines. This was a transformational moment for RNG in California, setting the stage for integration into the state’s renewable portfolio standard and LCFS transportation programs.
CA Landfills Increasingly Turn Methane Gas Into Energy
Across the United States, landfills are accumulating trash faster than materials can decompose. In the nearly 2,000 landfills in the US, food waste contributes over 50 percent of fugitive methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills, those invisible plumes of potent greenhouse gas emissions that seep out of landfills and into the atmosphere.
Landfills rank as the third-largest human-generated source of methane emissions in the US, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). While diverting trash altogether would be the preferred outcome for pollution reduction, about 500 landfills across the country have turned to a novel way of combating pollution from the waste that is ending up in landfills: capturing the gas emitted from organic materials and transforming it into electricity.
ANGI Expands Its Biomethane Business Into Europe
ANGI Energy Systems, a Vontier business and a leading provider of sustainable biogas and biomethane compression and decompression solutions, is expanding into Europe. This expansion leverages ANGI's extensive North American experience to bring its industry-leading technology to a new market and builds upon its already well-established reputation for expertise in the field of compressed natural gas (CNG) compression in Europe.
Envitec Biogas Enters Swedish Market
EnviThan gas upgrading systems from EnviTec Biogas AG have been tried and tested a hundred times. This technology can now demonstrate all its advantages in Sweden for the first time.
Waga Energy Targets US Market With $100 Million Loan
France-based Waga Energy, a provider of renewable natural gas (RNG) systems installed at landfills, says it has signed to receive a 100 million euros ($108 million) corporate syndicated loan with a consortium of five banking groups.
The syndicated loan, with a three-year maturity extendible to 5 years, “will enable the acceleration of the international development of Waga Energy, notably in the United States, and will strengthen the group’s financial structure,” says the company.
PlanET Collaborates To Expand Digester Infrastructure with 12 New Plants
PlanET Biogas USA Inc. has reached a record number of plant completions in a 12-month period having completed 12 projects across the United States over the last year. All 12 projects utilize PlanET’s best in class Anaerobic Digestion (AD) technology and 10 of those plants also feature PlanET STATERON RNG Upgrading Technology.
These projects provide vital environmental, economic, and sustainability benefits as they capture and reduce greenhouse gases by more effectively managing manure while creating additional revenue streams for rural communities.
Nopetro To Launch Florida’s Second RNG Facility; Sets Sight Beyond
Nopetro Renewables is building Florida’s second-ever landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Indian River County, with plans to launch in January 2025 and scale to 400,000 MMbtus later that year.
The company, which built its first RNG fueling station for heavy-duty trucking fleets in 2011, now owns and operates 15 distribution sites across Florida. But the Indian River project in Vero Beach is its first production plant.
RNG Coalition Celebrates 13 Years Of Leadership
This week, the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) celebrates 13 years of leadership in the renewable natural gas (RNG) industry.
Founded on July 7, 2011, with just six member companies, RNG Coalition has provided advocacy and education pivotal in the adoption of public policies, including to protect, expand, create and diversify market demand for RNG across North America.
Synthica Energy Receives Air Quality Permit for New Anaerobic Digestion Facility in San Antonio
Synthica Energy, a developer of anaerobic digestion facilities that convert organic waste into renewable natural gas (RNG), has received an Air Quality Permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for its new facility in San Antonio, Texas. The new facility will divert up to 250,000 tons of industrial organic waste each year when completed. The permit paves the way for Synthica to break ground at the site in Q3 2024.
Synthica is currently working with manufacturers across Greater San Antonio on contracts to handle their organic waste feedstocks, including everything from food and beverage manufacturing byproducts and expired/damaged produce to spent yeast, expired beer and other depackaged beverage products.
America’s Truck and Bus Fleets Continue Transition to Near-Zero Emission Engines
As America’s commercial truck and bus fleets progress towards near-zero emissions, advanced internal combustion engines remain predominant. Gasoline, diesel, natural gas, and propane remain the primary fuel sources. According to the Engine Technology Forum (ETF), the use of advanced near-zero emissions diesel engines increased by 4% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Based on S&P Global Mobility TIPNet data, the ETF’s analysis reveals that internal combustion engines power 99.9% of the nation’s commercial vehicles. Diesel dominates with a 76% share, followed by gasoline at 22%, with the remainder comprising natural gas and propane. Meanwhile, zero-emission technologies like battery electric and fuel cell vehicles constitute a small portion of the fleet. Transit buses lead with 7.8% electric vehicles (EV), while electric-powered commercial trucks and school buses account for 20,000 and 2,000 units, respectively.