RNG NEWS
U.S. Gain Hires Marten Mills to Grow West Coast Presence
U.S. Gain®, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG) for the transportation market, is excited to announce the hiring of Marten Mills to its business development team.
In his new position with U.S. Gain, Mills will help the company find RNG dispensing opportunities in the Northern California and Pacific Northwest markets. He brings more than 12 years of experience in natural gas station design and construction.
By PR Newsire
SoCalGas & Calgren Announce Opening of New RNG Facility
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today joined Calgren Dairy Fuels, and state and local elected officials to announce the completion of Calgren's dairy renewable natural gas facility. The project, located in the Central Valley community of Pixley, is the first of its kind in California and is expected to be the largest dairy biogas operation in the U.S. later this year. At the new facility, Calgren collects cow manure – a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions - from four local dairy farms and processes it in an anerobic digestor that accelerates the natural decomposition process. Methane emissions (biogas) from that process are captured and converted to make renewable vehicle fuels. Producing pipeline quality renewable natural gas (RNG) that is then injected into the SoCalGas pipeline system which allows Calgren to supply RNG to existing compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling facilities. Ultimately, this also has the potential to be delivered to customers to fuel ultra-low emissions trucks and buses, generate clean electricity, and heat homes and businesses.
By PR Newswire
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrates Renewable Natural Gas Facility in Nebraska
Aria Energy, a Michigan-based renewable energy company recently celebrated a ribbon cutting ceremony for their newest Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facility at the Waste Connections-owned Butler County Landfill in David City, Neb. on Friday, July 26.
Aria Energy constructed, owns and operates the project processing and purifying up to 1,000 cubic feet per minute of Landfill Gas into pipeline quality RNG. The RNG is transported to the interstate pipeline through Black Hills Energy’s distribution system. The RNG is sold to Constellation with an intended use by Constellation’s customers as fuel for natural gas vehicle fleets.
By Global Newswire
Hexagon Mobile Pipeline Enabling Efficient Delivery of RNG
Hexagon Mobile Pipeline, a Hexagon Composites business, has been awarded an order for TITAN® 53 transport modules, by an affiliate of a leading gas distribution utility in the United States. The order has a value of USD 4 million (approx. NOK 34 million).
The Mobile Pipeline® modules allow for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), produced at agricultural sites in the United States, to access the pipeline distribution system.
By Market Screener
Renewable Natural Gas Close To Taking Off In U.S.
Renewable natural gas—methane collected from waste and manure—is a popular source of energy in Europe, but in the United States, it has yet to establish itself as a viable alternative to fossil fuel gas. Thanks to tax incentives and improving technologies, however, companies are making increasingly wider inroads into this segment of the renewable energy industry.
Earlier this month, New York became the latest city to join a growing network of 530 fueling stations featuring renewable natural gas (RNG) that are run by a T. Boone Pickens company, Clean Energy Fuels.
By Tsvetana Paraskova, Oil Price
Renewable Natural Gas Market Surpasses 100-Project Pinnacle in North America
The North American renewable natural gas (RNG) industry has now topped 100 operational facilities, according to a findings from the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition).
With the addition of three recent facilities, the 101 RNG production sites across the continent equate to nearly 150% growth over the past five years from the 41 projects built between 1982 and 2014, says the coalition.
“Increased RNG development and deployment leads to greater adoption of the renewables we use to drive, and heat and power our homes and businesses,” comments Johannes Escudero, the RNG Coalition’s co-founder and CEO. “We join our members and all users of RNG in celebrating this milestone, which is a great achievement for sustainability and for decarbonizing our gas and power systems.”
By NGT News
Republic Services Sets Ambitious Climate Goals
Dive Brief:
Republic Services has set new 2030 sustainability goals, including plans to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 35% compared to a 2017 baseline. Republic reported generating nearly 13.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in these categories in 2017, with a 2% decrease in 2018.
The Arizona-based company has also pledged to increase recovery of "key materials" (cardboard, plastics, metals, organics, biogas and oil) by 40% and aims to increase biogas sent to "beneficial reuse" by 50%.
By Waste Dive
Can Renewable Natural Gas Actually Compete With Diesel?
For truck fleets looking to cut fuel expenses and reliance on diesel — and to meet increasingly stringent emissions standards — renewable natural gas is becoming a hot commodity. There’s also the perk that comes from California’s low carbon fuel standard and the federal Renewable Fuel Standard incentivizing the alternative fuel.
Clean Energy Fuels, a company started years ago by oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, is growing its presence in the space through its Redeem brand RNG and nationwide natural gas fueling station network — with New York City becoming the latest market to join up. The company is tapping into its existing network on compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas fueling stations to deliver Redeem.
By Jon LeSage, Oil Price
New SoCalGas Base to Offer Public Natural Gas Fueling with 100% RNG
Southern California Gas. Co. (SoCalGas) recently opened up a new net-zero-energy building in Bakersfield that will host not only the utility’s regional base but also a public-access compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station.
The 31,000-square-foot building is located at 35118 McMurtrey Ave. near the connection of Highways 99 and 65. It includes an employee training facility and customer demonstration center, plus a separate storage building, garage, solar photovoltaic energy system, and CNG fueling station for company and public use. Opening in the fall, the station will dispense 100% renewable natural gas.
By NGT News
SoCalGas Named a Leader in Promoting Energy-Efficient Construction by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced its recognition by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with an ENERGY STAR Certified Homes Market Leader award for 2018. The award acknowledges SoCalGas' commitment to promoting environmental protection and energy efficient construction through the California ENERGY STAR New Homes Program Marketing Support Bonus offered as part of its California Advanced Homes Program. The company also received this award in 2015 and 2017.
"SoCalGas is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and one way we do that is by encouraging the construction of homes that meet ENERGY STAR guidelines," said Dan Rendler, director of customer programs and assistance at SoCalGas. "We are pleased the U.S. EPA continues to recognize our leadership in the area of energy efficiency and are proud to receive this award yet again."
By PR Newswire