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Rachel Franco 10/27/21 Rachel Franco 10/27/21

Why We Must Turn Food Waste Into Renewable Fuel

As the fight against climate change becomes more urgent, focus has increased on methane emissions, with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry tweeting that cutting methane is “the single most effective strategy we have to reduce global warming in the near term” to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Why? Because methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Reducing these emissions now can have a much-needed, fast-acting effect.

To most people, the obvious source of methane emissions is oil and gas production. But another part of the problem is right under our noses: our garbage.

Rachel Franco 10/27/21 Rachel Franco 10/27/21

Clean Fuels and Electrification Both Needed to Meet CA Climate Goals

Solar panels, windmills and electric vehicles might be the most visible signs of our changing energy landscape, but clean fuels such as hydrogen and renewable natural gas also will play a significant role in transforming our nation’s energy system. California can accelerate a more equitable and affordable energy transition by adopting several important policy changes to accelerate the deployment of fuels that produce fewer greenhouse-gas emissions.

Rachel Franco 10/27/21 Rachel Franco 10/27/21

Cayuga RNG Announces Third RNG Project in Upstate New York

Cayuga RNG’s third project will be constructed at El-Vi Farms, located on the border of Wayne and Ontario counties in upstate New York. The project will include the construction of a manure digester and gas upgrading equipment.

Their Spruce Haven, Allen Farms, and El-Vi Farms projects represent nearly $50 million of investment in renewable energy projects. Cayuga RNG is actively pursuing several other projects in the region.

Rachel Franco 10/22/21 Rachel Franco 10/22/21

Waste Management Eyes Pennsylvania, Elsewhere for Landfill Gas Plants

Waste Management, one of the nation’s leading waste collection and disposal companies, is looking to build a new renewable natural gas facility somewhere in Pennsylvania as it further builds up its landfill-gas capability.

Waste Management has invested tens of millions into the technology for landfill gas energy plants. In the Pittsburgh region in particular, where Waste Management has compressed natural gas vehicles that it runs on routes as well as owning landfills, it has renewable natural gas operations in the Pittsburgh region that are operated by Montauk Energy.

Rachel Franco 10/22/21 Rachel Franco 10/22/21

Biogas Plant Makes Fuel, Money for Arizona County

Pima County has started turning methane gas from a sewage treatment plant into home heating fuel, and money.

At the Tres Rios Water Reclamation Facility, the county's main treatment plant near Ina Road and I-10, the county used to burn the gas to generate electricity for the plant. Changing regulations made that system uneconomical, so the county built a $10 million plant to clean up the methane, and sell it to Southwest Gas.

Rachel Franco 10/22/21 Rachel Franco 10/22/21

Vision RNG and Meridian Waste Partner on RNG Projects

Vision RNG has announced a partnership with Meridian Waste Acquisitions LLC to complete projects at multiple Meridian Waste-owned landfills across Missouri and Virginia, that will capture landfill gases for conversion into sustainable renewable natural gas for end users.

Construction is already underway on the gas collection and control systems at the sites, and both companies anticipate these projects to be flowing clean, renewable gas by late 2022 or early 2023.

Rachel Franco 10/22/21 Rachel Franco 10/22/21

PA Utility UGI Receives Regulatory Approval for First of Its Kind RNG Pilot

UGI Utilities has received regulatory approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to purchase renewable natural gas as part of a five-year pilot program. The pilot, the first of its kind in Pennsylvania, is intended to explore how UGI Utilities can integrate renewable natural gas (RNG) into its supply portfolio to produce economic and environmental benefits for its Purchased Gas Cost customers. The pilot allows UGI Utilities to test adding RNG to its supply portfolio while leveraging certain available economic incentives for renewables to lessen the cost impact of purchasing RNG for customers.

Rachel Franco 10/21/21 Rachel Franco 10/21/21

J.D. Power: Informing Gas Utility Business Customers of RNG Increases Satisfaction

Renewable natural gas has become a hot topic, and gas utility business customers like to hear about it, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Gas Utility Business Customer Satisfaction StudySM. This year, the study is redesigned to include questions on renewable energy and is a topic that clearly drives satisfaction.

Rachel Franco 10/21/21 Rachel Franco 10/21/21

Seaspan Ferries Becomes First Canadian Marine Company to Pilot Use of RNG

Seaspan Ferries Corporation (Seaspan) has become the first Canadian marine company to pilot the use of Renewable Natural Gas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced by its roll-on, roll-off liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered marine fleet. Seaspan expects that data from the pilot will confirm that, by using RNG, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by upwards of 85 per cent versus traditional diesel fuel.

As part of Seaspan's continued efforts to reduce vessel emissions and explore alternative fuels, the company has worked closely with FortisBC Energy Inc. (FortisBC) to secure a source of certified carbon neutral RNG. FortisBC believes applying carbon-neutral energy to proven technology like LNG powered marine engines provides a viable way for forward thinking marine shipping companies like Seaspan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Rachel Franco 10/21/21 Rachel Franco 10/21/21

Generate Capital Among Recipients of Energy Vision Awards

Energy Vision (EV), a non-profit research organization which studies and promotes clean, carbon-free fuels for a sustainable energy future, held its 15th annual awards event. EV annually presents awards to organizations and people who play a pioneering role in advancing sustainable fuels, especially renewable natural gas (RNG), the lowest-carbon fuel available, which is made from organic wastes. The 2021 awardees, are Congressman Paul D. Tonko of New York, the City of Topeka, Generate Capital, and Glenfiddich/William Grant & Sons.

These 2021 Energy Vision awardees are in the vanguard of a growing trend toward RNG adoption in the US and abroad.

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