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The new Volkswagen Golf TGI is equipped with a 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine and three natural gas fuel tanks, which can utilise biomethane.
The tanks are integrated into the underbody and permit a range of approximately 400 kilometres in pure natural gas mode. The engine of the ‘quasi-monovalent’ drive system is powered primarily with compressed natural gas (CNG), but can also run on petrol.
By Bioenergy Insight
UC System to Build Biomethane Plant, Solar Array for Renewable Energy
The UC system has partnered with two energy companies to construct a biomethane plant and solar array to help bring it closer to its carbon neutrality goal by 2025.
Archaea Energy, LLC and Clearway Energy Group are building the biomethane facility and solar project, respectively, which are expected to reduce the UC system’s emissions by approximately 5%, according to UC Office of the President, or UCOP, spokesperson Stett Holbrook. The output from the solar project will be used to augment energy usage on UC campuses, and the biomethane will power UC utility plants, a UCOP press release states.
“UC is leading the state’s transition to carbon neutrality with these long-term investments in renewable electricity and biogas,” said David Phillips, associate vice president of the UC department of energy and sustainability, in the press release. “We started this journey 11 years ago and we are well down the road to achieving our goals, goals that will benefit all of California.”
By The Daily California
Aemetis Begins Production of Below Zero Carbon Intensity Dairy Biogas
First Two Dairies and Private Pipeline Operating; Below Zero Carbon Intensity Gas Now Producing Transportation Fuel
CUPERTINO, CA, Oct. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX) announced today that it is producing dairy biogas from the first two dairies in a 17 dairy digester biogas project. The below-zero carbon intensity gas is initially being utilized for the production of fuel ethanol at the Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes facility in Keyes, California. Aemetis also produces high-grade sanitizer alcohol and various feed products at its Keyes facility.
“In just over one year, Aemetis Biogas has built and commissioned two dairy digesters and four miles of private pipeline that is now producing below-zero carbon intensity biogas used in the production of transportation fuel,” said Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis. “We are pleased with the rapid scale-up of our dairy methane to renewable natural gas (RNG) project and rapid progress toward producing large volumes of RNG for transportation fuel. With the addition of 15 more dairy digesters, gas upgrading, utility interconnection, and dispensing RNG to truck fleets, Aemetis is well positioned to capitalize on the large below-zero carbon transportation market,” added McAfee. “This project provides value to local dairies by creating a new revenue stream while meeting new California requirements for a significant reduction in methane emissions from dairies.”
By Aemetis
A New Study Offers Detailed Examination of Renewable Natural Gas Market 2020-2026
This report studies the Renewable Natural Gas to get Covid-19 marketplace with Many details of the industry like the market size, market standing, market trends and forecast, the report also provides brief information of their opponents and the specific growth opportunities with key market drivers. Find the complete Renewable Natural Gas to get Covid-19 market evaluation segmented by firms, region, type and applications in the document.
New sellers in the market are facing tough competition from Established international vendors as they fight with technological innovations, quality and reliability problems. The report will answer questions regarding the current market changes and the reach of competition, opportunity cost and much more.
By PRnews Leader
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
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