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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Xebec Expands Cleantech Service Network with Acquisition of Pennsylvania Based The Titus Company
Xebec Adsorption Inc. (TSXV: XBC) (“Xebec”), a global provider of clean energy solutions, is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement effective October 30th, 2020, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of “The Titus Company” (Titus). Titus’ principals will remain with Titus after the acquisition to optimize their integration into Xebec’s Industrial Service and Support business and to grow the operation over the coming years. With this acquisition, Xebec’s Cleantech Service Network (CSN) coverage will increase to include Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.
Total consideration payable by Xebec is approximately $8.0M, subject to certain holdbacks, adjustments and time-based payments. Titus had revenues of $12.3 million for FY2019 with an EBITDA margin of approximately 13.5%. Titus is on track and expected to achieve similar revenue and profitability for FY2020. As with other acquisitions, Xebec expects that Titus’ growth and profitability could be improved with product, sourcing and back-office synergies.
By Global News Wire
LS Power Invests in US Landfill RNG Projects
US power and energy infrastructure firm LS Power has invested in a portfolio of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects.
LS Power partnered with The Landfill Group, a North Carolina-based developer and operator of landfill gas projects, to jointly develop a portfolio of landfill-gas-to-RNG projects throughout the US. The firm has also acquired an interest in a landfill-gas-to-RNG project in Lawrence, Kansas, operated by The Landfill Group.
The projects have long-term contracts with host landfills and convert landfill gas gathered onsite into pipeline-quality RNG. The RNG is then procured by utilities, gas marketers, compressed natural gas vehicle owners and others who are moving toward renewable fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
By Bioenergy Insight
RNG Revolution
As un-presented wildfires ravage California—shattering records of total acres of land burned by more than double, and by early October, surpassing 4 million acres just this year—discussions of climate change mitigation efforts are becoming louder and more pressing than ever. Particularly for those feeling the heat when it comes reducing carbon footprints, interest in renewable natural gas (RNG) as an alternative vehicle fuel is an all-time high, and for good reason. Not only does it meet the most stringent emissions requirements, but for utilities and companies at which large vehicle fleets are essential for operating, making the switch is relatively easy and inexpensive. Announcements of transitions for large vehicle fleets are made almost daily—for example, in early September, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority inked a deal with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to fuel the MTA’s 800 transit buses with RNG. Less than a week later, CEFC announced that, in just a 45-day period, it had made new and extended deals for the supply of more than 20 million gallons of RNG for municipal and refuse vehicle fleets and fueling stations across the country.
By Biomass Magazine
UK Food Waste Recycler Expecting to Process 10 Tonnes of Pumpkins
Food waste recycler Warrens Group says more than 10 tonnes of perfectly edible pumpkins are likely to end up at its facility in County Durham, UK.
The firm will recycle the pumpkins to fuel its growing fleet of collection vehicles and heat peoples’ homes.
Environmental charity Hubbub predicts an estimated 12.8 million pumpkins will be wasted in the UK this year. Kevin Quigley, commercial director at Warrens Group, is urging people to recycle their pumpkins to generate renewable power.
By Bioenergy News
LS Power Announces Renewable Fuels Initiative
NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LS Power today announced a major investment in a portfolio of renewable natural gas projects as part of its newly established renewable fuels platform.
LS Power entered into a partnership with The Landfill Group, LLC, a North Carolina based developer and operator of landfill gas projects, to jointly develop a portfolio of landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas projects throughout the United States. In addition, LS Power acquired an interest in a landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Lawrence, Kansas operated by The Landfill Group, LLC.
By LS Power & The Landfill Group, The Mountaineer
Stirling Cryogenics and AB Collaborate on New Technology
Stirling Cryogenics, a HYSYTECH group company, and AB are collaborating on the design, construction, installation and maintenance of liquid biomethane production plants with cryogenerators based on Stirling technology.
This technology is based on a consolidated process, already used worldwide in more than 3,000 cryogenic installations, employing a “proven-technology” consolidated over decades of operation in the most varied sectors, from superconductors to nuclear-physics research.
By Gas World
SoCalGas Now Dispensing California-Produced Renewable Natural Gas at its Vehicle Fueling Stations for the First Time
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced it is for the first time dispensing California-produced renewable natural gas (RNG) at many of the natural gas fueling stations it operates across the state. The utility recently began purchasing RNG from Pixley-based Calgren Dairy Fuels (Calgren), which captures the greenhouse gas-producing manure from dairy farms and turns it into RNG, a renewable fuel. SoCalGas has dispensed 100% RNG from out-of-state sources at its fueling stations for a year. Calgren's facility is part of a rapidly growing biomethane industry in California and is currently the largest dairy biogas operation in the U.S.
Photos of the fueling stations and Calgren's dairy digester facility are available here. A video demonstrating RNG's ability to reduce California's transportation emissions is available here.
By PR Newswire
Developing Biomethane Production in Spain
ECO-GATE is a European consortium co-financed by the European Union through the CEF program, composed of 38 companies from 4 countries (Spain, Portugal, France and Germany), which is led by Nedgia, the gas distribution company of the Naturgy Group. It aims to develop the market for conventional and renewable natural gas for the mobility sector along the Atlantic Corridor and its interconnection with the Rhine-Danube Corridor, as well as along the Spanish Mediterranean Corridor. Within the scope of ECO-GATE, the biomethane plant in Butarque has been put into operation and will inject into the distribution network the biomethane generated from the waste of the Canal Isabel II wastewater treatment plant.
By EBA
Fleet Leaders Share Four Recommendations for Driving Toward Zero Emissions
The transportation industry is at a turning point: Ever-more ambitious climate goals are combining with the dropping cost of electric and low-carbon vehicles to make sustainable fleets more of a reality.
It’s still early days, but public and private sector organizations alike — all recognized on our top 25 most sustainable fleets list this week — are making the transition, and solving thorny infrastructure and workforce challenges along the way.
"It's tough to do, it takes a huge concert of effort to do it, but it’s been able to happen," said Philip Saunders, deputy division director of the green fleet program for the city of Seattle, at VERGE 20 conference.
By Mike De Socio, Green Biz
Dominion Energy Releases Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report
From developing the largest offshore wind project in the Americas to committing tens of millions of dollars to promote higher education equity, Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) is transforming how the company serves customers and communities for the greater good. The details are outlined in the company's newly released Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report, which can be accessed online at sustainability.dominionenergy.com
By Cision PR News Wire
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