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Increase in Heavy Duty Natural Gas Use from Refuse Industry
Via Monitor Daily.
According to an outlook from ACT Research and Rhein Associates, there has been an increase in heavy duty natural gas use from the refuse industry, which has been adding new natural gas-powered trucks in significant volume.
Via Monitor Daily.
According to an outlook from ACT Research and Rhein Associates, there has been an increase in heavy duty natural gas use from the refuse industry, which has been adding new natural gas-powered trucks in significant volume.
The outlook is designed to present historical trends, current activity and forecasts of engine demand in on-highway commercial vehicles. It analyzes significant trends in engine displacement, engine type (diesel, gasoline, natural gas and other), captive versus non-captive engines, and premium versus non-premium power for Class 8 vehicles.
The refuse industry leads in converting vehicles to natural gas. Key players in the refuse market are intent on furthering a progressive, green image.
What Happens to Renewable Energies in the Tax Bills? What's Next in the Tax Reform Process...
Tax credits for solar, wind and EVs fare differently in the House and Senate bills. The industry says some changes would be devastating, but the fight isn’t over.
By Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News.
The Senate voted early Saturday to approve a major overhaul of the U.S. tax code that critics say would decimate clean energy investments while continuing to hand out tax breaks to the oil and gas industries.
Tax credits for solar, wind and EVs fare differently in the House and Senate bills. The industry says some changes would be devastating, but the fight isn’t over.
By Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News.
The Senate voted early Saturday to approve a major overhaul of the U.S. tax code that critics say would decimate clean energy investments while continuing to hand out tax breaks to the oil and gas industries.
The sweeping tax system overhaul bill—which represents the biggest corporate tax cut in the country's history and would reach into many areas of American lives—also contains language that would open the door for oil and gas companies to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Next Step To Combating Climate Change Could Be Found In America's Landfills
By Cummins Westport, via A Plus.
Sometimes, clean solutions can be found in surprisingly dirty places.
The average American throws five pounds of trash a day into landfills, according to a 2015 Yale study, partially funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published in the Nature Climate Change journal. In 2013, that added up to 294 million tons. That's a lot of trash, but there's one amazing thing we can do with it: convert it to biogas.
California's Holy-Cow Idea: State wants its dairy farms to capture methane and sell it as truck fuel
By Bloomberg.
"California Regulates Cow Farts," is how a New York Post headline put it, implying it was a wacky move by Governor Jerry Brown. In fact, California's methane law represents a serious attempt by America's biggest dairy state to come to grips with a potent greenhouse gas.
By Bloomberg.
"California Regulates Cow Farts," is how a New York Post headline put it, implying it was a wacky move by Governor Jerry Brown. In fact, California's methane law represents a serious attempt by America's biggest dairy state to come to grips with a potent greenhouse gas.
Methane is responsible for about a quarter of human-generated global warming. While it's not nearly as prevalent as carbon dioxide, and it breaks down in the atmosphere faster, methane is many times more effective than CO2 at trapping heat. And avoiding a man-made climate catastrophe will require limiting emissions from farms as well as oil and gas pipelines, landfills, and other sources.
GreenBiz: Renewable gas - the hot new fuel from animal waste?
By Cassandra Sweet, GreenBiz.
Renewable natural gas is an increasingly popular fuel for transportation companies, thanks to valuable renewable energy credits that can be sold separately, and gas prices that have stayed well below those of diesel.
By Cassandra Sweet, GreenBiz.
Renewable natural gas is an increasingly popular fuel for transportation companies, thanks to valuable renewable energy credits that can be sold separately, and gas prices that have stayed well below those of diesel.
UPS said it has signed agreements buy 11.5 million gallons a year of renewable natural gas (RNG) through 2024, from Big Ox Energy and AMP Energy. The fuel, shipped in gas form through ordinary natural gas pipelines, will be used to fuel UPS trucks that travel the longest distances, 600 miles per route or longer, and that already are equipped with engines that run on compressed natural gas (CNG).
UPS will use the RNG to fuel natural gas-fueled trucks at its own service stations in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky; New Stanton and Horsham, Pennsylvania; Richmond and Roanoke, Virginia; West Columbia, South Carolina; and Doraville, Georgia.
RNG Producer & CNG Fuel Provider AMPAmericas Breaks Ground on Its 20th AMPCNG Fueling Station
Public ampCNG Station in Buda, Texas to Serve Anchor Fleet US Foods
CHICAGO, Dec. 4, 2017 – On the heels of being awarded a Carbon Intensity (CI) score of -254.94 gCO2e/MJ by California's Air Resources Board (CARB), AMP Americas announced today that it has broken ground on a new public-access ampCNG fueling station in Buda, Texas, with US Foods serving as the station’s anchor fleet.
Public ampCNG Station in Buda, Texas to Serve Anchor Fleet US Foods
CHICAGO, Dec. 4, 2017 – On the heels of being awarded a Carbon Intensity (CI) score of -254.94 gCO2e/MJ by California's Air Resources Board (CARB), AMP Americas announced today that it has broken ground on a new public-access ampCNG fueling station in Buda, Texas, with US Foods serving as the station’s anchor fleet.
Located at 1529 Turnersville Road, adjacent to the US Foods distribution center in Buda, the ampCNG ultra fast-fill CNG station will have two dual-hose dispensers serving two lanes. The station is expected to open by February, 2018, and will fuel US Foods’ Buda-based fleet of 50 CNG trucks.
“We are proud to partner with one of the country’s largest foodservice distributors and to help US Foods improve air quality with a much cleaner, more cost effective, domestic fuel,” said Grant Zimmerman, CEO at AMP Americas. “Support from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has been instrumental in helping us bring this station to Buda.”
"We’re committed to continually improving the efficiency of our fleet," said Dario Skocir, vice president of operational excellence, US Foods. "These vehicles allow us to reduce emissions during our daily deliveries to our customers, while also reducing our fuel costs.”
“Supporting clean, domestic natural gas as an alternative transportation fuel that significantly reduces emissions is an important environmental commitment," said Texas State Rep. Jason Isaac, R-Dripping Springs. "ampcng's efforts and investment in the state of Texas to help businesses transition to clean, Texas-produced natural gas have been a critical part of our plan to improve air quality for Texans and grow our state's economy.”
The new station marks ampCNG’s eighth in Texas, bringing its total station network to 20. The company’s other stations in Texas are located in Amarillo, Harrold, Waco, Brock, Rosenberg, Sweetwater and Kerrville.
AMP Americas continues to expand its national footprint and to invest heavily in dairy RNG projects across the country to bring more ultra-low CI gas to market. Construction is currently underway for the company’s second RNG project using dairy digester gas. The company plans to more than double its dairy gas output by mid-2018, and aims to deliver ampRenew, its 100 percent RNG, to all 20 of its fueling stations as it brings on future projects.
About AMP Americas
AMP Americas operates three business units; Renewable Dairy Fuels, ampRenew and ampCNG. Renewable Dairy Fuels (RDF) produces 100 percent renewable natural gas from an anaerobic digester at Fair Oaks Farms in Indiana. ampRenew, the company’s branded high quality RNG sourcing, marketing, and risk management business, sources RNG from Fair Oaks Farms and third party RNG developers to supply partner CNG stations, ampCNG stations, and fleet customers with clean sustainable RNG for trucking fleets. ampCNG is leading the movement to help heavy-duty trucking fleets transition to cost-effective, clean and American-produced CNG. A member of the Department of Energy’s National Clean Fleets Partnership tasked to reduce the nation’s dependency on imported oil, ampCNG builds, owns and operates a growing network of CNG fueling stations for long-haul trucking fleets.
Ontario Finalizes Updated Cap and Trade Regulations, Link with California & Quebec in Place for Jan. 1
By David Stevens, via Lexicology.
November 30 2017 - Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has confirmed that a decision has been made to proceed with amended regulations to facilitate the linkage of Ontario’s Cap and Trade program with California and Quebec (discussed in an earlier post). This will ensure that the linkage will be in place for January 1, 2018.
By David Stevens, via Lexicology.
November 30, 2017 - Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has confirmed that a decision has been made to proceed with amended regulations to facilitate the linkage of Ontario’s Cap and Trade program with California and Quebec (discussed in an earlier post). This will ensure that the linkage will be in place for January 1, 2018.
The MOECC’s November 28, 2017 Regulation Decision Notice confirms the amendments to the existing Cap and Trade Program Regulation and related instruments that will implement the linkage. The key amendments to facilitate the linkage include the following items that are listed in the recent Notice:
Hexagon Announces Further growth in Mobile Pipeline®
Hexagon Composites' subsidiary Hexagon Lincoln announces a new purchase order for TITAN® 4 trailers from Certarus Ltd., a leading provider of fully integrated compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery solutions, with a total value of USD 10.4 million (around NOK 85 million).
Hexagon Composites' subsidiary Hexagon Lincoln announces a new purchase order for TITAN® 4 trailers from Certarus Ltd., a leading provider of fully integrated compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery solutions, with a total value of USD 10.4 million (around NOK 85 million).
"The macro trend of gasification of both the oil & gas sector and industrial markets has created strong demand for Certarus. This new order of TITAN® trailers will be deployed primarily into our industrial power generation fuel supply business line. Certarus is the North American market leader for large scale integrated compressed natural gas solutions and Hexagon's TITAN® 4 is the core of our fleet", says Curtis Philippon, President & CEO of Certarus Ltd.
"We continue to see strong growth in the Mobile Pipeline® market driven by the desire to reduce fuel costs and pollutant emissions. We are positioned to support this growth through our capabilities in North America," said Miguel Raimao, Vice President Mobile Pipeline® at Hexagon Lincoln
"We are proud to be a trusted partner of Certarus who is a pioneer in the supply of clean fuel into the oil and gas fields of North America. This new follow-on order continues to affirm Hexagon's class leading product performance and unmatched after-sales service support," said Jack Schimenti, President of Hexagon Lincoln.
Deliveries are scheduled for first quarter of 2018.
Biofuel association stakeholders react to EPA's Final 2018 RVO
By Erin Voegele, Biomass Magazine.
The U.S. EPA has released final 2018 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard, setting the RVO for total renewable fuel at 19.29 billion gallons, including 288 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel, 2.1 billion gallons of biomass-based diesel, and 4.29 billion gallons of advanced biofuel. In addition, the agency has set the 2019 RVO for biomass-based diesel at 2.1 billion gallons.
By Erin Voegele, Biomass Magazine.
The U.S. EPA has released final 2018 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard, setting the RVO for total renewable fuel at 19.29 billion gallons, including 288 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel, 2.1 billion gallons of biomass-based diesel, and 4.29 billion gallons of advanced biofuel. In addition, the agency has set the 2019 RVO for biomass-based diesel at 2.1 billion gallons.
In its proposed rule released in July, the EPA proposed to set the 2018 RVO for cellulosic biofuel at 238 million gallons. In the final rule, the agency has increased the RVO slightly to 288 million gallons. The EPA also slightly increased the RVO for advanced biofuel, from 4.24 billion gallons to 4.29 billion gallons. The overall RVO has been increased from a proposed 19.24 billion gallons to a final 19.29 billion gallons. The 2019 RVO for biomass-based diesel, however, has been maintained at the originally proposed volume of 2.1 billion gallons.
When compared to the final RVOs for 2017, the cellulosic RVO has been reduced from 311 million gallons to 288 million gallons. The advanced biofuel RVO, however, has been increased slightly, from 4.28 billion gallons in 2017 to 4.29 billion gallons in 2018. The total RVO has increased by approximately 10 million gallons, from 19.28 billion gallons in 2017 to 19.29 billion gallons in 2018.
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Scott Pruitt's favorite piece of Disney magic is Florida park's anaerobic digester
By Cody Boteler, Waste Dive.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt visited Disney World early this week to highlight the park's commitment to sustainability, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
By Cody Boteler, Waste Dive.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt visited Disney World early this week to highlight the park's commitment to sustainability, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The Disney anaerobic digester, built and operated by Harvest Power, can process 120,000 tons of food waste annually. Pruitt spent time touring a greenhouse facility and a restaurant kitchen in the Magic Kingdom to observe Disney's food sustainability practices.
An executive from Harvest Power told Pruitt that the company was "eager" to build more facilities, but said the $30 million price tag can be "prohibitive" for companies and municipalities.