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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.FortisBC Behind the First Interprovincial Purchase of RNG in Canada
The BC Utilities Commission approved FortisBC’s request to purchase Renewable Natural Gas from outside of British Columbia (BC), making it the first interprovincial purchase of Renewable Natural Gas in Canada by a natural gas utility. Advancing Renewable Natural Gas is an essential component of FortisBC’s 30BY30 target, which includes having 15 percent of our natural gas be from renewable sources by 2030.
Renewable Natural Gas blends seamlessly with conventional natural gas in existing FortisBC infrastructure. It is injected into our natural gas distribution system, displacing conventional natural gas. As we continue to evaluate such renewable and carbon-neutral energies as Renewable Natural Gas and hydrogen, our infrastructure is key to delivering this energy throughout the province.
By Biogas World
Republic Services, Aria Energy and BP Partner on New Renewable Energy Project
Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) and energy partners Aria Energy and bp (NYSE: BP) today announced the startup of a landfill-gas-to-renewable-natural-gas (RNG) project at South Shelby Landfill. The project directly supports Republic's commitment to send 50 percent more landfill gas to beneficial reuse by 2030.
South Shelby Landfill is one of 189 active, modern-day landfills managed by Republic Services, the second-largest recycling and waste services provider in the country. Aria operates the project, processing and purifying biogas from the landfill into RNG. bp will transport the RNG into the interstate natural gas pipeline grid and market it to renewable energy customers. This is Aria and bp's fourth RNG project at a Republic Services landfill.
By PR Newswire
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EPA Publishes RNG Report
The U.S. EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program in July published a report on renewable natural gas (RNG) that aims to provide biogas stakeholders and other interested parties with a resource to promote and potentially assist in the development of RNG projects.
The 55-page report addresses RNG feedstocks and sources, options for delivering and using the fuel, the benefits of RNG projects, an estimate of current operational and potential RNG projects, and the processes and technologies used to upgrade biogas to RNG. The report also addresses policies and incentives to boost RNG development and use as well as barriers to RNG project development.
By Biogas Magazine
Element Markets Welcomes Scott O’Neill as Senior Vice President of Operations
Element Markets is pleased to announce the hiring of Scott O’Neill as Senior Vice President of Operations. O’Neill will lead the company’s best-in-class renewable natural gas (RNG) operations and compliance teams. Scott brings 25 years of expertise to Element Markets across a number of segments of the RNG industry, including project development, regulatory policy, methane capture, and greenhouse gas (GHG) management.
“Scott is one of the most talented RNG managers in the industry,” said Angela Schwarz, Chief Executive Officer of Element Markets. “His comprehensive market knowledge, coupled with Element Markets’ innovative, customer-centric approach to RNG management, expands the breadth of our offerings and improves our ability to assess and meet the complex needs of our customers in a rapidly changing marketplace.”
By Element Markets
France Invests in Biomethane Stations to Promote Greener Transport
In two to three years, Brittany should see green fuel stations flourish. “Our objective,” says Marc Le Mercier, the manager of Liger Bioconcept, creating this brand, is to produce 24 stations in the region. At the national level, they should reach 150 in the medium-term.
These stations are open to companies for the supply of fuel to trucks and coaches, but also to individual vehicles. They will offer bioGNV from methanisers located nearby. So far, Liger Bioconcept has already opened the first station in Locminé, where its head office is located. Two others are planned in Ploermël at the end of the year and then in Pontivy
(Morbihan).
By G Mobility
Agility Secures Over $8M USD to Expand Anheuser-Busch CNG Fleet
Agility® Fuel Solutions (Agility), a business of Hexagon Composites and a leading global provider of clean fuel solutions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, received a substantial order from longtime customer Anheuser-Busch. Over 180 new trucks equipped with Agility’s ProCab® 175 CNG Fuel Systems will be joining the fleet. The estimated total value of the order is over USD 8.0 million (approx. NOK 72 million).
In 2014 and 2015, Anheuser-Busch converted 160 diesel-fueled trucks in Houston and St. Louis to fleets powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) engines. As the next step to achieve their 2025 sustainability goal of reducing carbon emissions across their value chain by 25% by 2025, the brewer will be expanding this fleet and investing in technology to transition to cleaner-burning renewable natural gas.
By Global Newswire
Loci Controls, Inc. Expands Market Penetration with Addition of Three New Projects in Q2
Peter Quigley, chairman and CEO of Loci Controls, Inc. announced today that the company has added three new RNG projects in Q2, resulting in significantly expanded market share: one with Dane County, operated by BIOFerm in Madison, Wisconsin, and two in Texas, including one with Mas Energy on the Arlington, TX landfill. Gaining rapid adoption, Loci’s technology is now installed at 9 out of the 64 operational landfill RNG to pipeline projects in the United States. “Delivering value to Mas Energy and Dane County, by using technology to maximize their employees’ productivity and to improve the operating and financial performance of their landfill gas to pipeline operations, is central to Loci’s strategy for growth,” said Quigley. “Since our first RNG operation in 2017, the Loci team has worked tirelessly to deliver on our promise of increased gas collection, reduced operating costs and optimized gas quality.”
By Loci Controls
Onboard Dynamics Announces Instant Refueling for CNG Fleets
Onboard Dynamics announces the launch of their new GoFill™ refueling system. It is an instant and nimble drying and dispensing unit for refueling compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. The new product eliminates infrastructure barriers for fleet operators who immediately need an easy CNG station setup to refuel their commercial trucks.
The first unit rolled out in Oregon, as part of the NW Natural’s free truck loan program. The GoFill will be providing natural gas for refueling CNG into a Hyliion low-emission Class 8 truck for long and heavy hauls. The program provides fleet operators a short-term, no-cost demo period to experience the vehicle. The on-site, easy station set-up makes fueling convenient during the demo period.
By Onboard Dynamics
RNG Connected to UK Gas Network for First Time-National Grid
Britain's National Grid said on Thursday that biomethane has been connected to the transmission system for the first time, as part of efforts to decarbonise the gas network.
The renewable gas biomethane has been produced by Biocow Ltd's Murrow anaerobic digestion plant in Cambridgeshire from cattle manure and straw.
By Energy World
Green Era Renewable Energy & BP to Build Urban Farm
A large-scale urban farming campus that promises to bring jobs, fresh food and renewable energy to Chicago’s South Side is getting a financial boost from the state.
Green Era Renewable Energy and Urban Farming Campus will receive $2 million from the state through Rebuild Illinois — a program giving grants for infrastructure development in distressed areas.
That money, along with a $1 million loan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, allowed Green Era to secure the final bit of funding needed to develop the $32 million project on the 9-acre land that is a brownfield site.
By Chicago Sun Times
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