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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Growing Climate Change Concerns Shine Spotlight on Renewable Natural Gas Solutions
The world has been slowly shifting towards sustainable energy initiatives, with dozens of countries setting net-zero emissions goals, but wildfires raging across California and Oregon have only accelerated the public push for climate change action. Renewable natural gas (RNG) has emerged as a favorable carbon-cutting, clean energy solution among oil, gas, and utility companies because it is compatible with existing natural gas infrastructure and indistinguishable from conventional natural gas. In recent years, major energy companies, including Dominion Energy (NYSE:D), Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE), Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE:DUK), and Fortis Inc. (TSX:FTS) (NYSE:FTS) have begun investing billions of dollars into clean energy projects, while Greenlane Renewables Inc. (TSXV:GRN), a biogas upgrading systems provider, is offering turnkey solutions to help governments and businesses around the world meet their zero carbon goals.
Unlike major oil and gas companies looking to reinvent the wheel, Greenlane Renewables Inc. (TSXV:GRN) is completely focused on offering full-system solutions to help waste producers, farmers, municipalities, and project developers alike turn a low-value product into a high-value low-carbon renewable resource - RNG.
By Cision
European Power-to-Methane Company Electrochaea Opens California Subsidiary
Electrochaea GmbH, a European provider of renewable methane technology, has established a California-based US subsidiary, Electrochaea Corporation, to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its technology in North America.
Electrochaea employs a patented biocatalyst (BioCat) to convert low-cost and stranded electricity and CO2 into pipeline-grade renewable gas. This gas can be directly injected into the existing natural gas grid or used immediately. The core of the power-to-gas (P2G) technology is the proprietary biocatalyst that can be deployed in a simple and cost-effective energy conversion system.
U.S. Gain: Some Observations on Fleets’ Polyfuel Future
Given the emergence in sustainability goals built around transportation-related emission reductions, leading fleets across market sectors are evaluating what fuel or combination of fuels work best for their applications. The good news is that many options exist. The bad news is that more choices translates to more uncertainty and pressure to select the right alternative fuel without sacrificing margin.
At U.S. Gain, we believe fuel should be tailored to meet your needs, not the other way around. As a tenured leader in the development and distribution of sustainable energy solutions that reduce emissions, we are here to help facilitate reductions in transportation-related emissions without sacrificing key performance metrics.
By NGTNews
Investments in New California Projects Move UC Nearly Halfway to its Clean Energy Goals
The University of California has taken a major step toward meeting its 2025 carbon neutrality goals with two innovative clean energy projects in California: the construction of a new biogas plant and a utility-scale solar array, a collection of multiple solar panels that generate renewable electricity. The efforts bring UC nearly halfway to its ambitious clean energy objectives while reducing costs along the way.
The projects will power all of UC’s 10 campuses. Solar energy will be used to supplement campus electricity and the biogas will fuel UC’s own utility plants that produce campus electricity, heating and cooling. Taken together, the projects will supply to UC campuses energy equivalent to the amount used by 15,000 California homes.
By UC Office of the President
Harnessing Biogas to Grow a Value Chain for Farms
This year, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $10 million grant to C-CHANGE, a partnership of organizations working to address challenges and develop new methods of turning biomass and manure into fuel. C-CHANGE is the Consortium for Cultivating Human and Natural reGenerative Enterprise.
The consortium includes Iowa State University, Penn State University, Roeslein Alternative Energy, and many others.
By Megan Schilling, Successful Farming
Visalia tech converts dairy air into low-emission fuel
A Visalia company has successfully converted cow manure into a renewable natural gas.
California Bioenergy, LLC (CalBio), based in Visalia, announced on Sept. 24 it had successfully achieved the first renewable natural gas (RNG) production from manure stored at dairy farms in Kern County.
“This technology will de-carbonize transportation fuels in the state,” CalBio CEO N. Russ Buckenham said. “When you run a heavy duty truck on RNG, it’s 90% cleaner than running that truck on diesel. And there are a lot of diesel trucks running up and down Highway 99. It’s a terrific benefit to cleaning the air and cleaning the sky.”
By Reggie Ellis, SG News
Missoula County backs Republic Services’ proposed gas-to-power project at landfill
A proposal to convert methane gas from the Missoula landfill to clean electricity won the official support of Missoula County on Tuesday.
While details are few and the project isn’t yet firm, county officials said the proposal by Republic Services would go far in helping the Missoula urban area achieve its goals of operating off 100% clean electricity by 2035.
“Republic has discussed this possibility in the past with some of the electric co-operatives as possible off-takers of that electricity,” said Diana Maneta, the county’s energy conservation and sustainability coordinator. “This would be supportive of the city and county’s joint goal of 100% clean electricity.”
Republic Services operates 75 renewable energy projects across the country, according to the company. Its 68 gas-to-energy projects at various landfills generate enough renewable energy to fully power more than 250,000 homes each year.
By Martin Kidston, Missoula Current
Fleets Find ‘Near-Zero’ Trucks Close Enough to Perfect for Now
Holding off for zero-emission electric vehicles may not always be worth the wait, as trucking fleets of all sizes have found that ‘near-zero’ alternative fuels, including compressed natural gas (CNG), renewable natural gas (RNG), and propane, can provide immediate value to fuel costs and the environment.
Experts representing small, medium, and large fleets spoke about those advantages, along with how to mitigate any disadvantages, during a propane and natural gas opportunities panel at the ACT Virtual Ultra Clean HD Vehicle Summit on Oct. 13. Speakers included Scott Phillippi, senior director of automotive maintenance at UPS; Eric McCann, technical fleet manager at Bimbo Bakeries; and Lisa McAbee, owner of McAbee Trucking, a small contractor for the U.S. Postal Service based in South Carolina.
By John Hitch, Fleet Owner
EPA: 1.63 Billion RINs Generated in September
The U.S. EPA released data in mid-October showing 1.63 billion RINs were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in September, up from 1.61 billion generated during the same month of last year.
More than 45.45 million D3 cellulosic biofuel RINs were generated in September, including 35.32 million generated for compressed renewable natural gas (RNG) by domestic producers, 7.23 million generated for liquefied RNG by domestic producers, 2.79 million generated for compressed RNG by importers, and 114,746 generated for cellulosic ethanol by domestic producers.
By Erin Voegele, Biomass Magazine
Government of Alberta puts $10 Million into Lacombe Biorefinery
“The Lacombe Biorefinery is a leading-edge example of Alberta innovation in action. The province is fast becoming a hub for projects that process waste while creating more value for key industries like livestock and farming, and substantially reduce emissions,” Alberta Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon said in a statement.
The Lacombe Biorefinery will be the first facility in the world to showcase the full application of a technology called BioRefinex thermal hydrolysis, which uses high heat, high pressure and water to turn animal and plant waste from agriculture and food processing into organic fertilizer and renewable natural gas.
By DCN-JOC News Services
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