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In August 2016, Bob Powell founded Brightmark Energy “to think about environmental problems that were not being addressed well,” he recalls. “I knew wind and solar were amazing, but there were other areas — waste and renewable natural gas (RNG) — that had opportunities to tap.”
In April 2020, Brightmark Energy, a San Francisco-based company, rebranded as Brightmark, “to better reflect the company’s mission and focus,” noted a press release. “The new name signifies the company’s global growth trajectory in support of its mission to build a world without waste, as well as the outputs Brightmark produces other than energy, including clean water, wax, and the materials used to produce new plastics. Advanced plastics recycling, or plastics renewal, and renewable natural gas via anaerobic digestion will remain at the core of Brightmark’s waste solutions.”
By Nora Goldstein, BioCycle
Element Markets Receives Emissions House of the Year Honors
Element Markets’ work in the environmental commodity markets was recognized once again by Energy Risk Magazine in its 2020 Energy Risk Awards, where Element Markets was named Emissions House of the Year. Element Markets, the most decorated environmental firm in the Energy Risk Awards over the last ten years, was named Emissions House of the Year in 2010, 2014 and 2018, and also received Environmental Products House of the Year honors in 2019.
“We are incredibly proud to have won this award for the fourth time in the past decade. Last year was a transformative year for the company, driven by our first-class team and supported by our wonderful clients,” said Angela Schwarz, Co-President and CEO of Element Markets.
By Element Markets
Optimism for Post-Pandemic Natural Gas Fuel for Mobility
The International Energy Agency recently released its report — 2020 Global Energy Review — which states energy demand will fall 6% in 2020. This represents the largest decline in 70 years in percentage terms, the largest ever decline in absolute terms, and seven times the decline after the 2008 global financial crisis. This is predicted to lead to a record fall in carbon emissions of almost 8%, the lowest level in a decade.
“Planet Earth and its inhabitants have been given an opportunity, a lifeline, that must be respected and taken advantage of. And while there are many positive results likely to emerge from the post-COVID era, from the energy perspective, methane in its fossil-derived and renewable forms and hydrogen stand out as potential heroes for a cleaner future,” says Lennart Pilskog, NGV Global’s chairperson.
By NGV Global
Longmont Completes Biogas Conversion Project
Longmont trash trucks will now draw power from biogas pulled from the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
The city has completed a project begun in 2018 that converted the wastewater treatment plant into a renewable natural gas plant. The captured gas is then compressed in order to prepare it to power 11 trash trucks, according to information provided by the city. The facility can produce natural gas that is equivalent to 400 to 500 gallons of diesel fuel daily.
“Eventually, we want to replace all 21 waste trucks with renewable natural gas,” said Cara Wilwerding, public relations specialist with the city. She said the city hopes to make that happen by 2024 as existing diesel trucks are due for replacement.
By Times Call
Vermont Dairy Farmers Says Anaerobic Digester can Provide Financial Boost
After milk prices collapsed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Chase Goodrich knew his family’s Vermont dairy farm needed to diversify its revenue.
More than a decade later, construction is finally underway on the Goodrich Family Farm on an anaerobic digester that will turn cow manure and food waste into a renewable natural fuel for use by a local college and gas utility.
The project comes as dairy farmers are again struggling through a crisis in the form of the coronavirus pandemic. Goodrich is hopeful the digester will provide a small financial boost, reduce the farm’s environmental impact, and maybe offer lessons for other farmers seeking revenue from renewable gas.
By Energy News
U.S. Gain Becomes Largest RNG Supplier in Oregon
.S. Gain, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG) for the transportation and energy markets becomes largest RNG supplier in Oregon, through supply agreements with Salem Area Mass Transit District, Gresham Sanitary, Heiberg Garbage & Recycling and Pride Disposal. This news comes shortly after U.S. Gain announced their RNG supply agreement with the Port of Seattle for use at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport.
“RNG offers significant greenhouse gas and criterion air pollutant emission reductions, benefitting not only our planet, but also the health and livability for residents in our local communities,” said Alex Schay with the NW Alliance for Clean Transportation. “Additionally, fleets may achieve meaningful cost savings through use of RNG, which may be very helpful during the current economic slow-down, showcasing another way that RNG can make a real difference. We applaud U.S. Gain’s pursuit of opportunities in Oregon.”
By U.S. Gain
Puget Sound Energy to Purchase RNG from KPUD Roosevelt
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has signed an agreement with Klickitat Public Utility District (KPUD) to purchase renewable natural gas starting in July of this year and continuing through June of 2040. This agreement assists PSE in its commitment to the environment and reducing its carbon emissions.
The renewable natural gas will be produced at the H.W. Hill Renewable Natural Gas facility in Roosevelt, Washington. Methane is drawn from the Republic Services landfill and following processing, the biogas will be received at the Williams Northwest Pipeline interconnection. The volume of energy produced at the facility is the equivalent of 18 million gallons of gasoline annually.
By The Goldendale Sentinel
Clean Energy Announces New Station Construction and RNG Fuel Contracts for Refuse, Transit, Trucking And Municipal Customers
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) announced new fuel agreements for its Redeem™ renewable natural gas (RNG), along with multiple station expansions to accommodate the continued demand for the ultra-low carbon fuel produced from organic waste, across key sectors of the transportation industry.
“Despite this unprecedented challenging time that the country is experiencing with COVID-19, Clean Energy continues to expand the use of a clean, ultra-low carbon fuel to fleets,” said Chad Lindholm, vice president, Clean Energy. “Many of our customers including heavy-duty trucking, refuse, and transit agencies are performing heroic duty by continuing to operate under extreme difficult circumstances. We applaud them and will support them any way we can.”
By Clean Energy
OP-ED: RNG’s Untapped Potential
In the final weeks of 2019, the American Gas Foundation updated its nearly decade-old report assessing the market and technical potential for renewable natural gas (RNG) supply and emissions reductions. One of the biggest takeaways was this: RNG could reduce emissions from natural gas in the residential sector by as much as 95 percent. This is a staggering figure, and just one of the many reasons why U.S. cities should consider investing in RNG as a clean energy source for their communities.
While the combustion of fossil fuels for power generation and transportation are commonly thought of as the greatest sources of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), roughly one-third of emissions in the United States stem from the energy expended to heat, cool and light residential and commercial buildings.
By Biofuels Digest
U.S. Gain Brings More Dairy-Based RNG to California
U.S. Gain, a leader in renewable natural gas (RNG) development and distribution, is pleased to announce they have reached an offtake agreement with DTE Biomass Energy for RNG produced at Statz Brothers Farms located in Marshall, WI. Purchased RNG will be taken to the California transportation market.
Two digesters located at Statz Brothers Farms have been making renewable electricity since 2009 and as their power purchase agreement neared expiration, the farm was seeking new opportunities to utilize the onsite digesters.
By U.S. Gain
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