Dairy, Swine Farms Increasingly Produce Renewable Natural Gas
Renewable natural gas, or methane from non-fossil sources, continues to penetrate the nation’s energy system, led by a replacement for diesel fuel in California.
RNG from dairy and swine production has become highly prized because of low measurements of field-to-wheels carbon emissions, known as carbon intensity. This gas is transported through pipeline networks and ultimately compressed for use in buses, trucks and other vehicles.
PG&E Ramps Up RNG Pipe Flows With Link to Largest California Landfill Gas Facility
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s first interconnection to a landfill renewable natural gas facility will see the Oakland, Calif.-based multi-utility move a lot of the alternative fuel, known as RNG, to market.
The PG&E Corp. subsidiary on Oct. 2 joined renewable energy developer Ameresco Inc. and waste management giant Republic Services Inc. in opening California's largest landfill gas-to-RNG facility to date. The Keller Canyon RNG Plant in Pittsburg, Calif., has the capacity to inject about 1 Bcf of RNG into PG&E's pipeline system per year.
Montauk Renewables, Emvolon Partner on Biogas-to-Methanol Project
Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinoff Emvolon and RNG producer Montauk Renewables will work together on a pilot project to recover and convert methane in biogas into green methanol, the companies said in a joint news release Oct. 7.
GFL Environmental & OPAL Fuels Begin Commercial Operations of Their Second RNG Facility
GFL Environmental Inc. ("GFL") and OPAL Fuels Inc. announced their joint venture, Paragon RNG has commenced commercial operations of their new renewable natural gas (“RNG”) facility at the Sampson County Landfill. The landfill, owned and operated by a subsidiary of GFL, is located in Roseboro, North Carolina. The plant is producing and injecting pipeline quality RNG.
Viridi: RNG’s Rise From Alternative To Essential Energy
Renewable natural gas (RNG) emerged as part of the alternative energy conversation in the early 2000s as waste-to-energy pioneers began to realize its potential as a low-carbon fuel. At the time, support was mixed—energy experts debated RNG’s viability, the technology was in its infancy, and regulatory backing was inconsistent. Infrastructure was sparse, and big energy companies were largely uninterested. You were more likely to encounter two guys in a pickup truck roaming the countryside looking for landfills to tap than representatives from any major oil and gas company.
Yet, as the threat of climate change intensified and the appetite for renewables grew, RNG began gaining traction as governments and businesses sought sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. Nearly two decades later, RNG has matured into a vital component of the energy mix—with energy derived from landfill, dairy, wastewater and food waste feedstocks used to heat homes and businesses, fuel heavy-duty vehicles, and power industrial operations.
Axios’ 1 Big Thing: Trash Power
About 40 miles east of San Francisco, a $110 million plant is turning waste from a landfill into renewable natural gas, capable of powering everything from trucks to data centers.
Why it matters: The first-of-its-kind facility will play a role in bringing down the cost of factories to make the clean fuel.
Ameresco To Develop Renewable Natural Gas Plant in Utah
Ameresco said Wednesday it was selected by Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District to design, build, own and operate a landfill gas to renewable natural gas plant at the Davis Landfill in Layton, Utah; financial details were not disclosed.
Ameresco said the plant will be designed to reduce ~953M lbs/year of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the carbon sequestered by removing 79,223 cars from the road, that would otherwise be produced by landfill gas.
Aemetis Biogas Completes Initial Construction Phase of Multi-Dairy Digester
Aemetis, Inc., a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company focused on low and negative carbon intensity products, announced that its Aemetis Biogas subsidiary has completed initial construction of a multi-dairy anaerobic digester to process waste from approximately 14,000 dairy cows in Merced County, California.
The multi-dairy digester is expected to begin operations by year-end 2024 and produce more than 200,000 MMBtu per year of renewable natural gas.
Anaergia Expands Public-Private Partnerships
Yaniv Scherson, Anaergia Services’ chief operating officer, expands upon the organisation’s recently announced partnership with the City of Riverside, California.
Anaergia Technologies has entered into a technology supply contract with the City of Riverside, California, to upgrade anaerobic digestion wastewater infrastructure at the Riverside Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) with Anaergia technology that will produce RNG from organic waste and sewage sludge.
ND Industrial Commission Approves Three Renewable Natural Gas Projects
North Dakota’s Industrial Commission has approved funding for three pilot projects that would create renewable natural gas.
Commission deputy executive director Reice Haase said the first project is a partnership between NewCarbon Feedstocks and American Crystal Sugar, at its Hillsboro plant.