White Papers & Reports

2025 White Papers and Reports

MARKET-BASED ACCOUNTING FOR CLEAN FUELS
(Clean Energy Accounting Project (CEAP) at the Center for Resource Solutions - April 2025)

2024 White Papers and Reports

2023 White Papers and Reports

DECARBONIZING WITH RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS (KPMG - 2023)

HOW RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS IS DRIVING MAJOR DECARBONIZATION IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT SECTORS OF US ECONOMY (Guidehouse, RNG Coalition - December 2023)

THE VALUE-ADDING COPRODUCTS OF RNG PRODUCTION: GENERATING NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTE (Guidehouse, RNG Coalition - December 2023)

RENEWABLE GAS TRACKING SYSTEMS (European Biogas Association, World Biogas Association, RNG Coalition, European Renewable Gas Registry - November 2023)

HOW RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS IS HELPING THE LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR TACKLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (Guidehouse, RNG Coalition - November 2023)

RNG POISED TO PROPEL GREEN TRANSITION IN MARITIME AND AVIATION SECTORS (Guidehouse, RNG Coalition - October 2023)

ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTE CREDITS - ANALYSIS OF PROGRAM DESIGN FEATURES AND IMPACTS (The UC Irvine Clean Energy Institute - September 2023)

FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURERS ARE WELL-POSITIONED TO PRODUCE (AND USE) RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS (Guidehouse, RNG Coalition - September 2023)

DECARBONISING EUROPE’S HYDROGEN PRODUCTION WITH BIOHYDROGEN (European Biogas Association - June 2023)

GOTHAM GAS GOES GREEN (Energy Vision - Spring 2023)

USING RNG TO MEET VOLUNTARY GHG TARGETS - A PRIMER FOR SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS (RNG Coalition and Guidehouse - May 2023)

B5: OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT - ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FOR ELECTRICITY, TRANSPORT AND GAS FINAL REPORT (RACE for 2030 CRC - May 2023)

CLEAN HEAT STANDARDS - NEW TOOLS FOR THE FOSSIL HEAT PHASEOUT IN EUROPE (Regulatory Assistance Project - March 2023)

BEYOND ENERGY - MONETISING BIOMETHANE’S WHOLE-SYSTEM BENEFITS (European Biogas Association - February 2023)

2022 White Papers and Reports

GLOBAL METHANE ASSESSMENT - 2030 BASELINE REPORT (Climate and Clean Air Coalition, United Nations Environment Programme - 2022)

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY (RNG Coalition - December 2022)

BEYOND HYDROGEN: RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS AND DEEP DECARBONIZATION (AMERESCO - October 2022)

MANUAL FOR BIOMETHANE STRATEGIES (GUIDEHOUSE - September 2022)

BIOMETHANE PRODUCTION POTENTIALS IN THE EU (GUIDEHOUSE - July 2022)

RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS AS A COMPLEMENTARY SOLUTION TO DECARBONIZING TRANSIT (CANADIAN URBAN TRANSIT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CONSORTIUM - June 2022)

POTENTIAL FOR BIOMETHANISATION OF CO2 FROM ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF ORGANIC WASTES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING GROUP, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, UK - June 2022)

THE ROLE OF MANURE MANAGEMENT IN SUPPORTING NET ZERO GOALS IN THE DAIRY SECTOR (TRANSFORM TO NET ZERO, DAIRY SUBGROUP - April 2022)

RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS: TRANSPORTATION DEMAND (BATES WHITE - February 2022 & April 2022 SUPPLEMENT)

HITTING CANADA’S CLIMATE TARGETS WITH BIOGAS & RNG (CANADIAN BIOGAS ASSOCIATION - March 2022)

GET READY FOR SUSTAINABLE FUELS WITH FLEXIBLE WÄRTSILÄ POWER PLANTS (WÄRTSILÄ - March 2022)

THE CORPORATE ADDED VALUE OF BIOMETHANE (Hochman, Guran, & Gottlieb, Rutgers University - February 2022)

B.C. RENEWABLE AND LOW-CARBON GAS SUPPLY POTENTIAL STUDY (BC BIOENERGY NETWORK, FORTISBC, PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - January 2022)

RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS: A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO THE ENERGY TRANSITION (KEM C. GARDNER POLICY INSTITUTE, DAVID ECCLES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH - January 2022)

POLICY MAKER’S HANDBOOK FOR MEASUREMENT, REPORTING, AND VERIFICATION IN THE BIOGAS SECTOR
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of the Global Methane Initiative - January 2022)

A REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ON GREENHOUSE GAS AND CO-POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM WASTE- AND CO-PRODUCT DERIVED BIOMASS BASED DIESEL AND RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS
(The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry - January 2022)

RECYCLABLE ORGANIC FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY ASSESSMENT IN ONTARIO (Ecostrat Inc. - January 2022)

2021 White Papers and Reports

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY (RNG Coalition - December 2021)

THE REFUSE REVOLUTION; LEADING THE WAY TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE (Energy Vision - December 2021)

NO TIME TO “WASTE”. RIGHT TIME TO ACT - UNLOCKING ORGANIC WASTE FOR A GREENER FUTURE, SOONER (GHD - November 2021)

A SUSTAINABLE FLAME: THE ROLE OF GAS IN NET ZERO (IHS Markit - August 2021)

AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. BIOBASED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (USDA - July 2021)

INVESTING IN THE US NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT NET-ZERO TARGETS (Columbia | SIPA - April 2021)

NET ZERO BY 2050: A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR (IEA - May 2021)

GLOBAL METHANE ASSESSMENT: BENEFITS AND COSTS OF MITIGATING METHANE EMISSIONS (Climate & Clean Air Coalition, United Nations Environment Programme - May 2021)

CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATORS IN THE UNITED STATES (EPA National Climate Assessment - May 2021)

PATHWAYS TO CARBON-NEUTRAL NYC: MODERNIZE, REIMAGINE, REACH (New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, Con Edison National Grid - April 2021)

ENERGY & POWER – BIOFUELS: RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS A GAME-CHANGER IN THE RACE FOR NET-ZERO (Stifel Equity Research - MARCH 2021)

RNG: ZERO SCOPE 1 EMISSIONS AND NEGATIVE CARBON INTENSITY (EcoEngineers - March 2021)

LOW-CARBON MOBILITY ACTIONS FOR CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES: COVID-19 Companion Report (Delphi Group & Pollution Probe - February 2021)

AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PATH TOWARD NET ZERO DAIRY FARM EMISSIONS (World Wildlife Foundation - January 2021)

BUILDING A RESILIENT ENERGY FUTURE: HOW THE GAS SYSTEM CONTRIBUTES TO US ENERGY SYSTEM RESILIENCE (American Gas Foundation - January 2021)

2018

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION EVALUATION STUDY (GREAT PLAINS INSTITUTE, 2018)

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS
(COALITION FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, 2018)

PROMOTING RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS IN WASHINGTON STATE: A REPORT TO THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
(WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY ENERGY PROGRAM & WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, 2018)

BIOGAS AND RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS INVENTORY: SB 334 REPORT TO THE OREGON LEGISLATURE (OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, 2018)

OPTIMAL PATHWAYS TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE GOALS - INCLUSION OF RENEWABLE GAS STANDARD (CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE, 2018) - View the Executive Brief

ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF GAS FOR A LOW-CARBON FUTURE (NAVIGANT CONSULTING, 2018)

HOW SOUND POLICY DRIVES SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: NORTH AMERICAN CASE STUDY OF MAKING RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS FROM “WASTE” (COALITION FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, 2018)

ULTRA-LOW NOX NEAR-ZERO NATURAL GAS VEHICLE EVALUATION ISX12N 400 (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE, 2018)

COW POWER: A CASE STUDY OF RENEWABLE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS AS A TRANSPORTATION FUEL (ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY & ENERGY VISION, 2018)

ENDING THE DIESEL ERA (CLEANER FLEETS FOR A HEALTHIER NEW YORK CITY, 2018)

WASTE TO FUEL: A CASE STUDY OF CONVERTING FOOD WASTE TO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS AS A TRANSPORTATION FUEL
(ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY & ENERGY VISION, 2018)

GAS FOR CLIMATE: HOW GAS CAN HELP TO ACHIEVE THE PARIS AGREEMENT TARGET IN AN AFFORDABLE WAY (ECOFYS, 2018)

THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS AS A CLIMATE STRATEGY IN THE UNITED STATES (WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE, 2018)

2009 - 2015

2015 BIOGAS OPPORTUNITIES ROADMAP PROGRESS REPORT (US Department of Agriculture, US Environmental Protection Agency, & US Department of energy, 2015)

Food Waste Recycling: The future starts now (Waste 360, 2015)

CITY-LEVEL ENERGY DECISION MAKING: DATA USE IN ENERGY PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION IN U.S. CITIES
(NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY, 2015)

Status and issues for natural gas in the United States (Argonne national Laboratory, us department of energy clean cities program, 2015) 

2014 RENEWABLE ENERGY DATA BOOK (US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY, 2015)

2014 DISPOSAL-FACILITY-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLID WASTE IN CALIFORNIA (CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES AND RECOVERY, 2015)

NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF BIOGAS CLEANUP TECHNOLOGIES (GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, 2014)

Wasted: Europe's Untapped Resource, An Assessment of Advanced Biofuels from Wastes and Residues (European Climate Foundation, 2014)

Turning Waste Into Vehicle Fuel: Renewable Natural Gas, A Step By Step Guide for Communities (Energy Vision, 2013) 

Landfill Gas Report (Gas Technology Institute, 2012) 

Renewable Natural Gas: The Solution to a Major Transportation Challenge (Energy Vision, 2012)

National Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Technical Analysis Report (National LCFS Project, 2012)

Landfill & Wastewater Treatment Renewable Natural Gas Report (Gas Technology Institute, 2011) 

A Low Carbon Fuel Standard in Washington: Informing The Decision (Washington Department of Ecology, 2011)

RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS TO THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE - THE BASICS (BIOCYCLE, 2011)

RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS NETWORK REPORT (National Grid, 2010)

WASTE TO WHEELS, BUILDING FOR SUCCESS (US Department of Energy Clean Cities Program, 2010)

PIPELINE QUALITY BIOMETHANE: NORTH AMERICAN GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR INTERCHANGEABILITY OF DAIRY DERIVED BIOMETHANE (GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, 2009)