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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Bloom Energy Makes Biogas Debut
California-based Bloom Energy said it had made its debut in biogas with the deployment of a fuel cell meant to process dairy cow manure into a form of renewable energy.
A 1 MW fuel cell was deployed at the Bar 20 Dairy Farms in California.
The company said the skid would remove any impurities before biogas containing up to 65% methane would be used for what it considered a renewable form of electricity utilising an electrochemical process driven by solid-oxide fuel cells.
NW Natural Forms Subsidiary to Supply RNG Nationwide
Northwest Natural Holding Co. is expanding its role in the growing renewable natural gas market with the formation of a subsidiary focused on supplying renewable fuels to utilities and commercial, industrial, and transportation sector customers across the U.S.
The utility operator announced the new nonregulated business line, NW Natural Renewables, would provide fuels processed from existing waste streams and renewable energy sources. The company said it would lean into the insights and capabilities that it has developed through its energy transition initiatives.
Xebec Acquires Colorado-Based UECompression to Establish North America’s Leading RNG and Hydrogen Manufacturing Facility
Xebec Adsorption Inc. announced it has closed the acquisition of Colorado-based UECompression (“UEC”), a designer and builder of custom air and gas compressor solutions for power generation, industrial and energy applications.
The acquisition provides Xebec with a cost-effective and timely pathway towards expanding production capacity five-fold for standardized renewable gas systems while supporting UEC’s legacy business as the operation continues its energy transition. In addition, Xebec’s global manufacturing footprint is further optimized by bringing European gas generation products such as Hy.GEN to the U.S. and focuses UEC’s facility on containerized and skid-mounted renewable energy systems. The acquisition also increases the Cleantech Service Network coverage by six states (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North & South Dakota and Nebraska) to meet the increasing need for local service and support as the demand for standardized RNG and hydrogen systems accelerates.
SJI, REV LNG Announce Construction of RNG Facility at Connecticut's Largest Dairy Farm
SJI and development partner REV LNG, LLC announced the construction of a 2MM gallon anaerobic digester at Oakridge Dairy, Connecticut’s largest dairy farm. This $12M RNG facility is a pivotal clean energy venture for SJI that will enable Elizabethtown natural gas customers to utilize renewable energy.
Expected to be operational by September 2022, the anaerobic digester will capture raw methane and other greenhouse gases produced by manure. The project will also include constructing additional equipment to transform the collected biogas into commercial-grade, pipeline-quality renewable natural gas that will be integrated into the distribution system of SJI’s subsidiary, Elizabethtown Gas.
Trillium Partners with Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District to Provide Clean Energy
Trillium recently announced a new partnership with the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) in Illinois. MTD turned to Houston-based Trillium to design, build, operate and maintain a fueling station for hydrogen fuel cell buses. The green hydrogen is produced on-site via electrolysis.
MTD's new zero-emission buses are the first of its kind to run on hydrogen, powered entirely by 5,500 solar panels.
Brightmark RNG Delivers First Gas at Lawnhurst, NY Site
Brightmark RNG has delivered the first gas at its Lawnhurst site in Western New York.
Lawnhurst Farm is one of three farm partners in Western New York involved in the Helios Project. When all three digesters are online, they are expected to produce almost 187,000 MMBtu per year – enough to drive approximately 3,000 18-wheeler trucks from San Francisco to New York City.
CHAR Advances New Biomass-to-RNG Project
CHAR Technologies has commenced surveying and geotechnical testing at the proposed site of its woody biomass-to-RNG project in Ontario. The high-temperature pyrolysis project near Kirkland Lake will potentially produce 500,000 gigajoules per year of RNG.
Cresta Among Partners for Largescale RNG Project in San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Renewables announced that it reached an agreement with Cresta Fund Management and Silverpeak Energy Partners to invest up to $165 million to develop and construct a biomass to renewable natural gas project near McFarland, California.
The project will take orchard residuals and shells from San Joaquin Valley farms and convert them into RNG that will be sold as transportation fuel. It will also sequester carbon dioxide in an EPA Class VI sequestration well located on the project site.
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.
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.
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