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Renewable Natural Gas: A sound Option to Fight Organic Waste
Let’s play a game: what would you do with 25 million tons of organic waste annually?
Here are a few tidbits to spark your imagination: Organic waste includes food and green waste, landscaping and pruning waste, lumber, fiber, sewage and sludges.
The Puente Hills Landfill in Los Angeles is the largest landfill in the United States (rising 500 feet high and covering 700 acres) and it has a capacity of 700 million tons. However, there is one caveat for this exercise that I forgot to mention — none of the organic waste can go to a landfill.
By Nina Kapoor, Capitol Weekly
Greenlane Renewables Commences Trading on TSX Venture Exchange
Greenlane Renewables Inc. (“Greenlane” or the “Company”) (TSXV: GRN) today announced the commencement of trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “GRN”. Greenlane has successfully completed its spinout from Pressure Technologies plc (LSE:PRES) and its concurrent financing, raising approximately $8.4 million, exceeding the minimum target of $6 million by 40 percent.
Headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, Greenlane is an established technology leader and trusted industry partner for upgrading low-energy biogas to pipeline and vehicle grade renewable natural gas (“RNG”). With over 30 years of RNG experience, the Company is perfectly positioned to participate in the rapid expansion of RNG opportunities around the world. As a competitive advantage, Greenlane is the only biogas upgrading company offering the three main technologies: Water Wash, Pressure Swing Adsorption, and Membrane Separation.
By Business Wire
Canadian Cities Increasingly Convert Organic & Food Wastes into RNG
It can be hard to imagine household food waste producing anything more than a putrid odour. But it's also a potential energy source.
In Canadian municipalities with green bin programs, household organics are collected at the curb and sent to a central facility where they are broken down by microorganisms. One result of this process is something called raw biogas.
A growing number of these cities are upgrading that biogas (from a methane concentration of 55 to 60 per cent to 90 per cent or more) to produce what is called renewable natural gas (RNG). RNG is similar in quality to conventional natural gas and can be injected into a natural gas pipeline to heat buildings and fuel vehicles.
By CBC News
Smithfield Foods Marches Forward with Renewable Energy Projects
Smithfield Foods, Inc. is pleased to announce the construction of new biogas gathering systems in Missouri and Utah, which bring the company steps closer to delivering renewable natural gas (RNG) to communities in multiple states using manure from its hog farms. Detailed in its recently released Sustainability Report, Smithfield’s “manure-to-energy” projects are part of Smithfield Renewables, the company’s platform that unifies and accelerates its renewable energy efforts to help meet its goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25% by 2025.
“By finding innovative ways to reduce GHG emissions and use existing resources to power our planet, we are playing a critical role in providing consumers with nutritious food, as well as the renewable energy to prepare it. That’s our mission at Smithfield: to produce good food the right way,” said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer for Smithfield Foods.
By Global Newswire
The CEO of CNH Industrial on Biomethane as Cleaner Path than Electric
Hybrid and electric powertrains were omnipresent at bauma 2019 in Munich, with several OEMs and engine manufacturers showcasing electrified machines in near-production form. But CNH Industrial bucked that trend, touting the many benefits of biomethane instead.
“Everybody talks about electrification; however, we believe that on the on-highway side as well as in off-highway there is a ‘bridging technology’ that is here to stay—LNG and CNG (liquefied and compressed natural gas),” said Hubertus M. Mühlhäuser, CEO of CNH Industrial, which includes brands Case, New Holland, Iveco and FPT Industrial, among others.
By Ryan Gehm, SAE International
San Mateo County Pilot Project Will Turn Organic Waste into Clean Energy Source
San Mateo County is set to launch a new landfill diversion pilot project that will convert organic materials into a clean energy source using an Organics Extrusion Press (OREX).
Today, the County’s Board of Supervisors approved funding for the OPEX, which is expected to begin operating in December this year.
From its home at the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos, OREX is expected to extract between 50 and 75 tons of organic material per day from waste that would otherwise head to landfills and composting facilities. That material will then be anaerobically digested into a carbon-negative renewable natural gas that will be used by the East Bay Municipal Utility District. As importantly, it will reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills, the County said. If the so-called Organics-to-Energy pilot succeeds, it would ideally be expanded, the County says.
By Climate Online
GESS International Announces Plan to Build 6 Anaerobic Digesters at 5 Dairies in Idaho
A North Carolina-based company plans to build six anaerobic digesters to produce biogas at five dairies near Burley.
GESS International will invest $240 million, or $40 million for each digester, according to a statement from the company.
GESS International grant coordinator Seth Daughety said he could not divulge the names of the dairies where the digesters will be constructed.
By Magic Valley
Énergir, SoCalGas, GRDF and GRTgaz Present on Global Solutions to Climate Change at Movin'On Summi
Énergir (Canada), SoCalGas (US), and French utilities GRDF and GRTgaz today shared a global discussion and their visions on viable solutions for fighting climate change. The presentation was part of the Movin'On Summit and brought together executives from each of the utilities. The theme for this year's summit is "Solutions for Multimodal Ecosystems" and examines decarbonization and air quality, urban transit and society, innovative technologies, goods movement and the circular economy.
Executives from Energir, GRDF, GRTgaz and SoCalGas discuss global solutions to climate change at the Movin' On summit in Montreal.
By PR Newswire
Waste Management Wants Millennials to See the Good in Garbage
When you think of Waste Management (WM - Get Report) , you probably think about the big green truck coming to haul your trash off on trash day.
But the company is more than just trash.
John Morris, COO of Waste Management, talked to TheStreet about how the company is using technology to appeal to younger investors and how changing consumer trends have caused the company to rethink its balance sheet.
By Katherine Ross, The Street
91 Waste Management RNG Trucks to Join Seattle’s Solid Waste Pickup Fleet
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) has rolled out the City’s fossil fuel-free, primary collection fleet. The “Green Fleet” will be made up of close to 200 contractor trucks powered by electricity, renewable natural gas and renewable diesel. The Green Fleet, which includes 91 Waste Management trucks powered by renewable natural gas (RNG) – gas from garbage – will further establish Seattle as a model for US cities in combating climate change.
“Meeting our 2050 carbon-neutral goal will require creative thinking from every corner of our City. Our new Green Fleet at Seattle Public Utilities is another example of Seattle leading the world and taking bold action to protect our communities from the impacts of climate change,” said Mayor Jenny A. Durkan. “Vehicle emissions are the City’s number one contributor to our greenhouse gas emissions.”
By NGV Global News