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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Avolta Breaks Ground on the First of a Series of Biogas Projects in Arizona
Avolta, a renewable energy company focused on originating, developing, owning, and operating renewable natural gas (RNG) projects, and its regional development partner, Atlas Global Holdings, LLC, held an official groundbreaking to kick off the first of two RNG Projects at the Butterfield and Milky Way dairies outside of Phoenix, Arizona.
“Avolta is pleased to expand into Arizona with the new RNG upgrading facility at Butterfield Dairy. The Butterfield RNG Facility will positively impact the environment while simultaneously providing benefits to the de Jong family farming operation,” said Gov Siegel, co-founder of Avolta. “This will be the first in a series of projects in Arizona that uphold our commitment to supporting the dairy industry and providing economic opportunities to local communities all while reducing the impact on the environment.”
Brightmark Breaks Ground on Three Renewable Natural Gas Projects in Michigan
Brightmark, the global waste solutions provider, broke ground June 30 on three renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in Michigan. The projects are owned by and will be operated through subsidiaries of Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC, a partnership with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Brightmark currently owns and operates 27 RNG projects in 8 states and will operate 6 RNG projects in Michigan upon completion of these 3 projects, which is expected in the first half of 2022. Of this portfolio of RNG projects, 17 are owned by subsidiaries of the joint venture with Chevron.
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OPAL Fuels Contracts to Supply CTS with RNG Fuel
OPAL Fuels LLC, a vertically integrated producer and distributor of renewable natural gas (RNG) for heavy-duty truck fleets, announced today a contract with Contract Transport Services (CTS) to sell 15 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGE) of RNG and construct the station and related infrastructure at CTS’s facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin. TruStar Energy, an OPAL Fuels company, will manage construction and operation of the station.
“Right now, we have over 150 trucks running on public fuel. By contracting with OPAL Fuels to internalize our fueling infrastructure, the new RNG fuel and related infrastructure will save us time, money and significantly reduce our carbon emissions,” said Curt Reitz, President of Contract Transport Services.
UGI To Invest More Than $1B in Renewable Gas Through 2025
Gas transportation and distribution company UGI Corp. expects to spend more than $1 billion on renewable gas investments over the next five years, executives said on the company's June 21 investor day presentation.
The target marks an uptick from UGI's last investor update in December, when executives envisioned investing up to $1 billion on renewable natural gas, bioLPG and renewable dimethyl ether ventures. Incoming UGI President and CEO Roger Perreault said it is now clear that the company will cross that threshold by 2025 given its line of sight and a "wide array of exciting opportunities" ahead.
Renewable Natural Gas Projects in Arizona Pave the Way for a Sustainable Energy Future
Southwest Gas is working to bring a clean, renewable source of energy to market from unconventional origins you might not think of when warming homes, washing or drying clothes, or cooking a great meal. Meet renewable natural gas (RNG).
RNG is a renewable source of energy like wind and solar power that is harvested from landfills, dairy farms and waste water treatment facilities. Methane is naturally emitted when organic products break down at these facilities; this methane either rises to the atmosphere or is flared off at the site. RNG is produced when this methane is captured and processed to meet pipeline quality standards. As such, RNG is considered to be carbon-neutral.* RNG can be delivered through existing natural gas pipelines for use in businesses and homes. Since RNG is compatible with existing natural gas appliances, industrial equipment and compressed natural gas vehicles, end-users do not need to change their natural gas equipment to reap the environmental benefits of RNG. The innovative use of this energy can help vehicle fleet operators, residents, businesses, cities, towns or communities meet their emission-reduction goals. In particular, a vehicle fleet powered by compressed renewable natural gas can be cleaner than a vehicle powered by electricity produced by traditional power generation fuels.
Nine Reasons Clean Fleet Adoption Is Accelerating
Last summer, Katie Fehrenbacher wrote about the "State of Sustainable Fleets" report put out by the research team at Gladstein, Neandross and Associates (GNA). A few weeks ago GNA updated its report, with a few significant developments over the last nine months that led the authors to proclaim 2020 "a landmark year for the clean fleet industry."
Consistent with the 2020 report, the data covers the use and development of four clean vehicle technologies: drivetrains powered with propane; compressed natural gas; batteries; and hydrogen fuel cells. The report also spans across sectors — from municipal to urban delivery to long-haul — and includes data related to fleets that have never used one of the four clean vehicle drivetrains. The authors said that perspective helped them learn about perceived or actual barriers to clean fleet technology adoption.
Renewable Natural Gas Set For Disruptive Growth
Imagine if you will a renewable source of energy without constraints of time of day or weather. A renewable source of energy whose surface of potential is just now being scratched. Perhaps most importantly in today’s political environment, a source of renewable energy that does not rely on supply chains dominated by adversarial nations as the source of its feedstock, but America’s family farms instead.
That is the line of business in which Vanguard Renewables and its new CEO, Joel Gay, are engaged. It is a business focused on converting manure and food waste into renewable natural gas (RNG). What remains following the production of RNG is then turned into organic fertilizer, returning the nutrients from the manure and food waste produced back to the soil to be recycled again and diverting tons of waste that would have otherwise gone into landfills or incinerators.
California Dairy’s Journey Toward Climate Neutrality
On the heels of the Leaders on Climate Summit in April, all eyes are on the U.S. to meet its newly set target to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. For the California dairy industry, however, this has been an ongoing objective for some time.
The will, strategy and technology have fallen into place, enabling California dairies to have this target well in sight as they strive for greater objectives. This includes reaching "climate neutrality" — when an industry has no net global warming impact — a key milestone on the path to reaching the U.S. Dairy goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Manure From Three South Dakota Dairies Will Be Converted Into Natural Gas
A San Fransisco-based company is working with three South Dakota dairies on a project that will convert manure from cows into renewable natural gas.
“It’s pretty cool what we’re up to,” said Brightmark Founder and CEO Bob Powell. “We’re really able to help a lot of our farming communities because the projects that we partner with them on actually provide additional farm economics in addition to contributing to a sustainable future. They’re definitely win-win types of projects.”
The Athena Project is located on Boadwine Farms, Pioneer Dairy and Mooody County Dairy in Minnehaha County. Powell said the project is Brightmark’s first in South Dakota and the first project by anyone in the state that will convert manure to natural gas.
AgLand Renewables Receives California Competes Tax Credit
AgLand Renewables LLC (AgLand), the California subsidiary of Maryland-based CleanBay Renewables Inc., has been selected by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to receive $1.7 million in tax credit from the highly competitive California Competes Tax Credit program. With this support from the Governor’s office, AgLand can begin development of multiple bioconversion facilities in California that will directly support the state’s economic and environmental goals.
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