'Trash Gas' Gets a Daily Price as Popularity Grows
Demand for natural gas captured at landfills, sewage-treatment plants and manure lagoons is rising. Now, buyers will be able to see how much more the so-called renewable natural gas—or "trash gas"— is trading above its fossil fuel equivalent.
Energy information firm Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has started publishing the daily prices paid in spot-market trades for renewable natural gas, which is considered more environmentally friendly.