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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) (Chesapeake Utilities or the Company) today announced that the Company has entered into an agreement with Atlanta Gas Light (AGL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company Gas, for AGL to construct and maintain a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station at the Port Fuel Center located in Port Wentworth near the Port of Savannah in Georgia. The station will provide a strategic staging area and CNG supply source for the Company's Marlin Gas Services subsidiary's (Marlin) CNG virtual pipeline operations. Marlin is a premier North American supplier of mobile CNG utility and pipeline natural gas solutions, and the Savannah location will provide greater access to Marlin's customers in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
"With Marlin now fully integrated into the Chesapeake Utilities family of businesses, we continue to look for opportunities for mobile fuel and virtual pipeline solutions that expand our Florida and Delmarva service areas," said Kevin Webber, senior vice president for Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. "This new fueling station not only positions us to support Marlin CNG trailer filling but allows us to extend environmentally friendly service offerings to a variety of new customers in the Southeast."
By PR Newswire
Aemetis Completes Construction of Phase I Dairy Digester and Pipeline Project for RNG Production
Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX) announced today the completion of construction of the first two dairy digesters and four mile pipeline for the production of renewable natural gas (RNG) to supply below-zero carbon intensity RNG to displace petroleum based natural gas used at the Keyes ethanol production facility, and to provide fuel for RNG trucks and buses.
“Aemetis is implementing multiple system upgrades and expansion projects related to our 65 million gallon per year renewable fuel and high grade alcohol plant, all of which reduce carbon intensity (CI) and input costs while increasing revenues,” said Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis. “Our Aemetis Biogas team is now rapidly building systems to capture and convert methane from dairy lagoons into negative carbon intensity RNG transportation fuel. After capturing and processing biogas from the anaerobic dairy digesters, we will pipeline the upgraded gas to our plant in Keyes, CA where it will be available for use as energy to produce transportation fuel and high grade alcohol, and in the first half of 2021, inject the RNG into the common carrier pipeline and dispense RNG fuel to truck fleets at our onsite CNG loading station,” added McAfee.
By Global Newswire
A First for North America: FortisBC, REN Energy to Produce RNG from Wood Waste
FortisBC will soon be producing renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood waste – a first for North America. On April 30, 2020, the company announced that it was teaming up with REN Energy International Corporation (REN Energy) for this new endeavour.
This process has never been done on a commercial scale in North America. But as Philip Viggiani, president of REN Energy, says, “If we build it, they will come.”
The partnership comes after FortisBC put out an open call six years ago looking for products to convert from organic waste into RNG. This new source of RNG will add to the RNG supply underpinning FortisBC’s existing RNG Program.
By Canadian Biomass
US Gain to Help Transition Anheuser-Busch's Dedicated Fleet to Renewable Natural Gas
St. Louis, MO (Anheuser-Busch), August 12, 2020 – As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainable logistics and reducing carbon emissions, Anheuser-Busch announced today that it is transitioning more than 180 trucks – representing approximately 30% of its dedicated fleet – to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).
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 its 2025 sustainability goal of reducing carbon emissions across its 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.
The two fleets are expected to travel more than 8.5 million miles each year. By transitioning the trucks within these fleets to Renewable Natural Gas provided by American Natural Gas and U.S. Gain, the brewer expects to reduce its emissions by more than 70% compared to conventional diesel – the equivalent of taking more than 66 thousand passenger cars off the road or planting more than 8 million new trees.
By U.S. Gain
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
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