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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Greenlane Biogas Signs Two RNG Contracts in US, Brazil
Greenlane Renewables’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America, has signed two RNG contracts for $2.8 million (€2.3 million).
The first contract involves a project in the mid-western US for upgrading biogas to RNG from dairy operations. The Brazilian contract win marks the fifth contract for Greenlane for the supply of biogas upgrading equipment in the country. Greenlane noted that for ‘competitive reasons’, further contract details have not yet been disclosed.
NGVAmerica Report Highlights Benefits of RNG in Transport
NGVAmerica has released its Fuel a Greener Future report, outlining the significant benefits of RNG-fuelled fleets.
RNG-fuelled medium and heavy-duty vehicles are commercially available, proven, and affordable, the organisation said. Depending on the feedstock, they can be carbon-free or carbon-negative.
UGI Utilities Signs First Agreement to Bring Significant Renewable Natural Gas Supplies into its System
UGI Utilities, Inc. (“UGI Utilities”), a subsidiary of UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI), announced that the company has signed an agreement with Archaea Energy, LLC (“Archaea”) of Canonsburg, PA to accept delivery of renewable natural gas (“RNG") from the Keystone Landfill located in Dunmore, PA into its distribution system. This is the first RNG supply interconnect agreement UGI Utilities has signed to-date.
The RNG supply will be injected into UGI Utilities’ high-pressure natural gas pipeline serving its distribution system located in Lackawanna County, PA. The landfill gas, a byproduct of naturally decomposing materials in the landfill, will be processed and conditioned to meet UGI Utilities’ gas quality requirements. The project is scheduled to become operational in September 2021.
Clearing up the Facts About Renewable Natural Gas
Two years ago, Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods joined forces in a transformational initiative to reduce emissions from hog farms across our region. Our solution has the dual benefit of combating climate change and providing economic opportunities for family farmers.
Together, our companies are investing $500 million to capture methane emissions from hog farms and turn it into clean energy for local homes and businesses. It’s called renewable natural gas, or RNG. This single technology reduces emissions from farms, provides clean energy for consumers and generates income for family farmers.
The best part is, it reduces significantly more greenhouse gas emissions from farms than are released when consumers use the gas to heat their homes and businesses. That is a significant improvement for the environment.
Clean Energy Signs Multi-Year Contract with LA Metro for More Than 47 Million Gallons of Renewable Natural Gas
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has signed a new agreement for an estimated 47.5 million gallons of its renewable natural gas (RNG) to fuel the nation’s largest transit bus fleet.
This agreement will mark the completion of Metro’s 5-year goal to transition its diesel fleet to cleaner, low-carbon fuel, with 2,400 buses now running on RNG—the first renewable and commercially available vehicle fuel made entirely from organic waste.
“Metro is committed to ensuring a seamless path towards a carbon neutral future,” said Metro’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Cris Liban. “Our use of RNG alongside our ultra-low NOx engines on our existing CNG fleet provides the most cost-effective, equitable, and clean air strategy as we continue to transition to a 100% zero-emissions bus fleet by 2030 and a net zero-emissions agency by 2050.”
Chevron May Not Be an Oil-First Company in 2040, CEO Says
Chevron has built a $170 billion fossil fuels empire that has made the 141-year-old company synonymous with the oil-and-gas industry.
But the climate crisis is forcing oil companies large and small to rethink their once-reliable business models.
While US oil companies have been far more reluctant than their European rivals to shift away from their cash cows, even Chevron CEO Michael Wirth concedes his company may look different in 2040.
Amazon Orders More than 1,000 Natgas-Powered Engines for U.S. Fleet
Amazon.com Inc has ordered more than 1,000 truck engines that run on compressed natural gas as it tests ways to shift its U.S. fleet away from heavier polluting trucks, the company told Reuters on Friday.
The coronavirus pandemic caused delivery activity to surge in 2020, with truck volumes exceeding 2019 levels on average while passenger car traffic fell. But that increase in road activity means more pollution, as heavier-duty trucks emit higher levels of greenhouse gases than passenger vehicles.
Marvel Power Group Joins RNG Coalition
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas has welcomed the Marvel Power Group to its membership. Today, Marvel joins 280 companies and organizations across North America dedicated to the sustainable development, deployment and utilization of renewable natural gas so that present and future generations will have access to domestic, renewable clean fuel and energy. As part of its commitment, Marvel's principals will serve on the RNG Coalition's Renewable Power, Renewable Gas, Sustainability and Consumer Access & Outreach Advisory Boards.
Marvel Power is a woman-owned advisory and brokerage platform focused on structuring high-volume, financeable biogas offtake contracts and investment agreements. With over 25 years of tangible transactional experience across power, gas and technology, Marvel is at the forefront of deal innovation, ESG agendas and corporate stewardship. As a creative partner and liquidity provider, Marvel aims to drive fuel source diversification in a measured, sustainable way.
ACT Commodities and Bluesource Complete First Renewable Thermal Transaction Using State-of-the-Art Tracking Tool
Today, ACT Commodities Inc. (ACT) and Blue Source, LLC (Bluesource) announced the completion of the first Renewable Thermal Certificate (RTC) voluntary corporate claim on the M-RETS® platform, an industry leading tracking tool for renewable certificates. Thanks to this partnership, ACT became the first company to retire RTCs on behalf of a Fortune 50 corporate client to meet voluntary sustainability goals. This first-of-its-kind transaction represents a new option for corporate clients to utilize renewable natural gas to lower their carbon footprints.
RTCs are a new tool that represent the environmental attributes associated with renewable natural gas and other renewable thermal commodities like green hydrogen.
Verbio to Open Straw Biomethane Plants in India, US This Year
Verbio will open two straw biomethane plants in India and the US this year.
In a statement released on 29 January discussing the company’s 2019/2020 financial year results, Verbio said the market conditions for its expansion projects in Asia and North America are “extremely positive”, and revealed the new facilities will open this autumn.
Claus Sauter, CEO of Verbio, said: “On the one hand, the Indian Government is promoting the expansion of gas mobility as a cheap alternative to expensive fossil fuels in the country. On the other hand, it urgently needs and wants to contain the problem of massive air pollution caused by the large-scale burning of waste straw in the fields. Our straw biomethane technology is so far the only concrete answer to both challenges.”
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