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The uncertainty of the federal Renewable Fuels Standard and political fights with the petroleum industry are giving more weight to the need for major biofuel states to consider their own low-carbon fuel standards.
After years of pushing for a federal low-carbon fuels standard, the Governors' Biofuels Coalition is turning more attention to states with governors who want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or governors in states with large renewable fuel industries, said Larry Pearce, executive director of the coalition.
By Chris Clayton, Progressive Farmer
RNG Now Available in New York City as Clean Energy Opens Fueling Station in The South Bronx
-Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE), the leading provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America, welcomed city officials, community leaders, and environmental advocates to the opening of its newest natural gas fueling station in Hunts Point—the first station in New York City to exclusively offer renewable natural gas (RNG) for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets.
“A few blocks from here is Hunts Point Market, the largest food distribution center of its kind in the world, resulting in approximately 15,000 truck trips per day,” said Chad Lindholm, vice president of sales for Clean Energy. “This long-envisioned station will serve fleets operating in Hunts Point with a lower-cost alternative to diesel fuel that can lead to substantial reductions in truck-related pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.”
By Business Wire
E ON Provides 100% Renewable Electricity for All 3.3 million Customer Homes
E.ON today announced it is now providing all of its residential customers across Britainwith a 100% renewable electricity supply on all tariffs as standard, and at no extra cost.
The change means more than 3.3 million homes now have an electricity supply matched by renewable sources including wind, biomass and solar. E.ON's announcement is the largest of its type to date in the UK, significantly increasing the number of households in the country backed by 100% renewable electricity.
By Market Screener
Advanced Disposal Shareholders Approve Sale to Waste Management
Advanced Disposal Services is one step closer to completing its sale to Waste Management. Nearly 86% of shareholders approved the deal to sell at $33.15 per share at a special meeting in Ponte Vedra, Florida on Friday.
Ahead of the vote, Advanced also addressed three putative class action lawsuits alleging it had misled investors with insufficient information, allowed the company to be undervalued and limited the potential for higher offers, among other claims. The various suits sought to delay the vote or prohibit the deal.
By Cole Rosengren, Waste Dive
EPA Proposes 2020 Renewable Fuel Volumes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a proposed rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program that would set the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2020, as well as the biomass-based diesel volume standard for calendar year 2021.
Under the proposal, according to the federal agency, conventional renewable fuel volumes, primarily met by corn ethanol, would be maintained at the implied 15 billion gallon target set by Congress. The EPA is also proposing an advanced biofuel volume requirement for 2020 of 5.04 billion gallons, which is 0.12 billion gallons higher than the advanced biofuel volume requirement for 2019.
By NGT News
FortisBC Looking to Turn Vancouver Landfill Methane into RNG
The City of Vancouver, which operates the landfill adjacent to Burns Bog in Delta, and FortisBC Energy Inc. have an agreement for Fortis to install a system that will clean methane gas so that it can be injected into the natural gas pipeline as “renewable natural gas.”
Last year, Vancouver and Fortis filed the application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission for acceptance of the biogas purchase agreement. The utilities commission this month adjourned its proceedings on the application for a couple of months in order for the agreement to be resubmitted to provide more certainty on costs.
By Delta Optimist
Greenlane Secures New Biogas Upgrading Contract in Oregon
Greenlane Renewables Inc. (“Greenlane” or the “Company”) (TSXV: GRN) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America Ltd., has secured a new CDN$2.7 million-dollar biogas upgrading contract with the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (“MWMC”). Greenlane will provide its pressure swing adsorption (“PSA”) solution for the wastewater treatment facility that serves the Eugene - Springfield metropolitan area in Lane County, Oregon in the United States. Work will begin immediately upon receipt of notice to proceed, with delivery expected to occur within six months of commencement of work. The facility is expected to produce approximately 120,000 gigajoules (GJ) (or 114,000 million British Thermal Units (MMBTU)) annually of clean Renewable Natural Gas (“RNG”) for injection into the gas distribution network owned and operated by NW Natural, the local gas utility.
The MWMC’s RNG project is expected to be the fourth in the State of Oregon. Greenlane is separately supplying a biogas upgrading solution for the City of Portland’s Columbia Boulevard wastewater treatment plant (CBWTP), which will also provide for injection of RNG into NW Natural’s network. Supply of biogas upgrading systems to both CBWTP and MWMC represents 50 percent of the RNG projects currently operating or under construction in the State of Oregon.
By Business Wire
CARB Approves Rule for Zero-Emission Airport Shuttles
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved a rule that will require fixed-route shuttles serving the state’s 13 largest airports to transition to 100% zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035.
The regulation applies to public and private fleets, including parking facilities, rental car agencies and hotels. With almost 1,000 airport shuttles in operation, the regulation is expected to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by at least 500,000 metric tons, according to CARB’s estimates.
By Betsy Lillian, NGT News
SoCalGas Hosts Renewable Energy Technology Demonstration Day
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), in collaboration with Hyperlight Energy, Genifuel Corporation, the STARS Corporation, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today held a public exhibition of three innovative, cost-competitive renewable energy technology projects at the San Diego State University Center for Energy Sustainability in Brawley, Calif. Local officials, members of the business community and energy policymakers had the opportunity to learn about the innovative research behind the projects. These projects, which have received funding from SoCalGas, the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), support the commercialization of low-cost, commercial-scale renewable energy technology that can help California achieve its ambitious climate goals.
The SDSU Center for Energy Sustainability promotes excellence in renewable energy research, provides academic and professional education relevant to California's energy future and contributes to one of the most renewable energy-rich locations in the world.
By Market Screener
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OPINION: Renewable Natural Gas is How New York City Should Roll
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is joining Santa Monica, Los Angeles Transit and a growing number of other transit fleets in adopting ultra-low carbon renewable natural gas (R.N.G.). Every fleet vehicle running on R.N.G. in New York will help meet the state’s ambitious zero-carbon standard — not 30 years from now, but today.
That’s a big step forward. But R.N.G. is relatively unfamiliar to clean-energy advocates, and sometimes misunderstood. For example, the article in this newspaper’s June 20 issue (“M.T.A. drive for renewable-gas buses”) quoted Jim Walsh, of Food and Water Watch, arguing that since R.N.G. is like fossil natural gas, it could leak from pipelines and emit toxics and greenhouse gases (G.H.G.) when burned. He also said it would enable factory farms and their negative impacts. These are misunderstandings.
By Joanna Underwood, The Villager
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