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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Xebec, Fonds Launch Renewable Natural Gas Investment Fund
Xebec Adsorption Inc., a global provider of clean energy solutions, and Fonds de solidarité FTQ (Fonds) have created the GNR Québec Capital L.P. investment fund.
With an initial capitalization of $20 million, this new investment vehicle aims to increase renewable natural gas (RNG) production in Québec. Partners, particularly from the agricultural and municipal sectors, will have access to the capital and expertise needed to develop and operate efficient facilities to treat organic waste. The creation of a fund of this type for RNG projects is a first in Québec.
By NGT News
DMT Clear Gas Solutions to Update RNG Equipment at BC Dairy Farm
DMT Clear Gas Solutions will update renewable natural gas (RNG) equipment at Seabreeze Farm, a third-generation dairy farm in British Columbia (BC).
Seabreeze Farm, owned by the Keulen family, will update their RNG equipment using DMT’s patented three-stage membrane separation system. The farm made headlines in 2015 when the owners announced they had combined anaerobic digestion (AD) with a biogas upgrading plant. DMT says the farm owners’ decision to update their biogas upgrading equipment is “on-trend to what analysts have witnessed over the last five years: that membrane separation is the prevalent technology used in North America’s RNG industry”.
By Bioenergy Insight
U.S. Gain Secures RNG Offtake Agreement with Holsum Dairies
U.S. Gain proudly announces the completion of a renewable natural gas (RNG) offtake agreement with Holsum Dairies located in Hilbert, Wisconsin. RNG produced will be taken to U.S. Gain’s fleet customers in California, displacing nearly 900,000 gallons of gasoline.
Holsum Dairies consist of two separate farms (Elm Dairy and Irish Dairy) with digesters that breakdown animal waste to create methane that later is converted to RNG. Raw digester gas from Irish Dairy is transported via pipeline to a central conditioning plant located at Elm Dairy, where it is stripped of impurities to produce RNG. The RNG is then injected directly into the natural gas pipeline through an interconnect installed by Holsum Dairies. In addition to RNG, the anaerobic digestion process also creates organic nutrients and bedding material for animals that can be used by the farm or sold.
By U.S. Gain
NZE Natural Gas Truck Technology Ready for the Rigors of Drayage Operations
Today’s commercially available, near-zero-emission (NZE) heavy-duty natural gas trucks have proven their readiness for the rigors of daily drayage truck operations at North America’s largest shipping ports, the San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. NZE natural gas trucks were officially upgraded to the highest Technology Readiness Level—TRL 9— in the Ports’ Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks.
NZE natural gas trucks are the first technology in the Ports’ assessment to achieve the TRL 9 rating (adapted from the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Technology Readiness Assessment Guide”). The assessment, first published by the Ports in March 2019, plays an integral role in the forward strategy of the Port’s groundbreaking Clean Trucks Program, as it evaluates the readiness of zero-emission (ZE) and NZE drayage truck fuel-technology platforms based on four key parameters: commercial availability, operational feasibility, infrastructure availability and economic workability.
By ACT News
EPA Approves RFS Fuel Pathway for Biomass Gasification Project
The U.S. EPA in May approved a fuel pathway under the Renewable Fuel Standard for a biomass gasification plant under development in McFarland, California, that will produce renewable natural gas (RNG) for sale into the transportation fuel market.
The project, known as the San Joaquin Renewables plant, is currently majority owned by Frontline BioEnergy, a company that has been active in the bioenergy space for approximately 15 years.
By Biomass Magazine
Toronto Organics Processing Facility to Convert Food Waste to RNG
Ever wondered where your leftover food ends up? Well, in Toronto, that food waste will soon be turned into renewable natural gas (RNG).
The City of Toronto, in collaboration with Enbridge Gas Inc., is installing equipment at its Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility, which will upgrade the biogas produced from processing food waste into RNG. Through its partnership with Enbridge, the city will be able to inject the RNG into the natural gas distribution grid and potentially use it to power its waste collection trucks, among others, as well as heat city buildings and facilities.
By Canadian Biomass
Biogas-To-RNG Project Developer Is Ready To Move The Needle
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
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