RNG NEWS
Vashon Island Anaerobic Digester Unveiled
Impact Bioenergy, a manufacturer of systems that convert organic food waste into usable energy and fertilizer, unveiled its new anaerobic digester at the Island Spring Organics tofu factory Tuesday.
The project, supported by Gov. Jay Inslee’s Clean Energy Fund, the Sustainable Energy Trust and King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, is able to derive methane and carbon dioxide from food waste that is broken down by bacteria — the process creates biogas, which can be treated and used to generate energy.
By Paul Rowley, Beachcomber
Brightmark Energy Funds Indiana Plastics-to-Fuel Plan
The financing for Brightmark Energy Ashley Indiana includes $185 million in Indiana green bonds, which were underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co. As part of the financing closure, Brightmark has become the controlling owner of RES Polyflow, the Ohio-based energy technology company that innovated the process for converting plastics directly into transportation fuel and other products.
The Ashley facility will be the first of its kind to take mixed-waste, single-use plastics and convert them into usable products at commercial scale. The facility will initially convert approximately 100,000 tons of plastics into more than 18 million gallons a year of ultra-low sulfur diesel and naphtha blend stocks and nearly 6 million gallons a year of commercial-grade wax in a process that is expected to be 93 percent efficient.\
By Construction Equipment Guide
Dallas Fort Worth Airport's Energy Initiatives Result in $1 Million in Savings
In a recently released environmental sustainability report, Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) airport announced its current achievements and future goals relating to energy usage.
Among some of the findings:
By installing highly efficient plumbing fixtures across terminals and office buildings, DFW lowered customer water usage across all five terminals, saving millions of gallons each month. DFW partners with neighboring cities to create a reclaimed water-delivery system that provides water irrigation and serves as a key component in heating terminal buildings.
By Central Daily Times
Utah Facility Creating RNG from WasteWater & Food Waste
Utah is now home to breakthrough technology in reducing greenhouse gases.
Wasatch Resource Recovery, a partnership between ALPRO Energy & Water and the South Davis Sewer District., is capturing those gases and helping us heat our homes with what we throw in the trash.
By Amanda Jones, Fox 13
City of Toronto Advances RNG Projects
The City of Toronto, Ontario has begun installing the first of what could be four facilities to produce large quantities of renewable natural gas (RNG) from the collection and processing of residential source separated organics (SSO) and solid waste. The initial project will upgrade the more than 5 million cubic meters of biogas produced annually through anaerobic digestion of residential SSO at the recently expanded Dufferin Organics Processing Facility. Installation began in February 2019 and the first gas molecules are expected to flow by the end of this year or early in 2020.
Under consideration are three additional facilities. One would be installed to upgrade biogas from Toronto’s second and larger anaerobic digestion facility at a site known as Disco Road. The other two would upgrade landfill gas at solid waste sites — the active Green Lane Landfill, about two hours southwest of Toronto, and the Keele Valley Landfill, just north of the city, which was closed 20 years ago.
By Peter Gorrie, BioCycle
RNG Coalition & NGVAmerica Announce Infographic Report: Driving Down Emissions with Renewable Natural Gas
Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) today announced that 32 percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in calendar year 2018 was renewable natural gas (RNG).
Captured above ground from organic material in agricultural, wastewater, landfill or food waste, RNG – or biomethane – produces net carbon-neutral and even net carbon-negative results when fueling on-road vehicles like short- and long-haul trucks, transit buses, and refuse and recycling collection vehicles. RNG fuel in 2018 had an EER-adjusted carbon intensity as low as -303.30 according to the California Air Resources Board. By comparison, California’s electricity grid rated between 25.0 and 38.95.
By Forester Media
Waste Management Plans to Acquire Advanced Disposal Services
Waste Management said on Monday it would buy smaller rival Advanced Disposal Services for about $3 billion, as the top waste management services provider looks to expand its footprint in the eastern United States.
The offer of $33.15 represents a premium of about 22 percent to Advanced Disposal’s closing price of $27.14 on Friday and would be Waste Management’s biggest acquisition in more than nine years.
By CNBC
SoCalGas Receives Grant to Make Renewable Natural Gas at Wastewater Plants
Southern California Gas Co., or SoCalGas, on Thursday said it received a $3 million grant to further develop the technology that creates renewable energy from the decomposition of organic material at wastewater treatment plants.
SoCalGas said the California Energy Commission awarded the company $3 million to fund the next phase of development for the Hydrothermal Processing technique.
By Biomass Magazine
Project Tetra Biomethane Tractor at Revealing Ceremony
The power source of the future for large machines is not electricity, but LNG, CNG and biomethane – that’s the message Case Construction Equipment delivered to a packed press conference at Bauma yesterday (April 8).
There were gasps from the audience as the first images of a new concept vehicle – Project Tetra – were flashed up on the screen behind CNH Industrial CEO Hubertus Muhlhauser and president of construction Carl Gustaf Göransson, who delivered the presentation.
By Tom Stone, IVT
Sims Metal Announces Expansion into Waste-to-energy
Rye, New York-based Sims Metal Management recently unveiled its multi-year strategic growth plan during its investor strategy day April 8.
Sims’ executive leadership team shared plans to drive growth through 2025, which include expanding within the company’s existing metals and e-recycling businesses, as well as establishing new businesses that will reduce waste and produce renewable energy.
By Waste Today