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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Enchanted Rock Launches Partner Program for Utilities to Offer Customers Comprehensive Resiliency Service
Enchanted Rock announced a new utility partnership program which will allow utility companies to work directly with Enchanted Rock to offer their customers a comprehensive resiliency power service. Enchanted Rock's natural gas microgrids will help utilities to meet the growing need from their customers of a more reliable, cheaper, and cleaner back-up power solution.
Clean Energy Inks Another Deal For Dairy Farm RNG
Clean Energy Fuels has signed a deal with one of the largest US dairy farmers to provide an additional 5 million gallons of low carbon renewable natural gas as it seeks to expand its RNG fueling network, the company said in a Jan. 26 statement.
Under the agreement, Clean Energy Fuels will build a methane capture digester at Millenkamp Dairy, located in Jerome, Idaho, to produce the renewable natural gas which will then be shipped to California.
Clean Fuel Standard Would Build New Mexico Economy, Reduce Emissions
This legislative session we can bring over $470 million in clean energy investments and close to 4,000 jobs to New Mexico all within the next eight years. And, these investments and jobs will improve the air we breathe while protecting our water and land. Strengthening our economy and improving our environment are possible if lawmakers pass Senate Bill 14, the Clean Fuel Standard Act.
By passing this bill, New Mexico will become a national leader in the manufacture and usage of cleaner fuels, such as ethanol, biodiesel, low-carbon hydrogen, renewable natural gas, and, of course, renewable electricity for electric vehicles (EVs).
Decarbonization of Trucks With Today’s RNG
Truck companies and shippers hiring truck companies are taking bold steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, including net zero by 2030. After the effort is done, hard work begins. Hard work because achieving more than net zero requires more than operational improvements. Beyond the cleanest diesel platforms requires new business practices and cost-effective alternative technologies. Renewable natural gas (RNG) has emerged as the primary route for low-carbon clean air trucks. There are three compelling reasons why RNG is helping sustainable companies decarbonize today’s transportation.
Anaergia Commissions California Facility that Creates RNG from Wastewater and Food Waste
Anaergia Inc. announced that its subsidiary SoCal Biomethane will officially commission operations at the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority facility in Victorville, California. The facility is the first wastewater treatment plant in California to inject renewable natural gas made from both wastewater solids and food waste into a utility pipeline.
The facility will be capable of producing and injecting up to 320,000 MMBTU of RNG into the region’s gas utility pipeline each year.
FortisBC Proposes to Provide 100 Percent Renewable Gas to All New Homes
Under a new proposal put forward by FortisBC Energy Inc. to the British Columbia Utilities Commission, every newly constructed home connecting to the gas system would automatically receive 100 percent renewable gas for the lifespan of the building. The approval of this proposal would mark a new era in the evolution of the company's renewable energy programs.
If approved, this change would provide home builders, real estate developers and new home owners with another path to meet provincial GHG emission reduction targets.
Anaergia to Supply Its First Renewable Liquified Natural Gas Project
Anaergia Inc. signed a contract to supply its organic waste treatment solutions to Societa’ Agricola Agriferr ss di Zagni Matteo & C (Agriferr), an agricultural industry company based in Rivarolo del Re Ed Uniti, Cremona, Italy.
Anaergia will build Agriferr’s new plant using a range of proprietary systems, including the Company’s first-ever renewable natural gas liquefaction system. Under the terms of this agreement, Anaergia is to build and then operate this plant for a period of four years. This facility, which is expected to produce about 2,000 tons of liquid natural gas annually, is slated to begin operations by the end of 2022.
Brightmark, Chevron Announce Vlot Anaerobic Digestion Project
Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC – a joint venture partnership between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Brightmark Fund Holdings LLC, announced plans to construct an anaerobic digestion project at Vlot Calf Ranch in Chowchilla, California.
The Vlot anaerobic digestion project is anticipated to capture, clean, and convert methane from manure on the Vlot Calf Ranch and dairy farm into renewable natural gas (RNG). The Vlot Project is Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC’s first renewable natural gas project in the state of California. The project is expected to be completed in 2023.
Landfill Biogas Must Be Part of Aviation's Net-Zero Future
The recently concluded holiday travel season came with a new twist: Society’s collective interest in combating the global climate crisis is intensifying just as the aviation industry itself acts with renewed urgency to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Underscoring the point, leaders from 23 nations recently formed the International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition with a commitment to reduce emissions and develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Closer to home, the White House unveiled a multi-agency roadmap to net-zero for the U.S. aviation industry. Commercial aviation contributes approximately 2% to 3% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
So, what are the viable, realistic options to enable a more sustainable future for the U.S. aviation sector in the short to medium term? We believe one answer is methane — specifically, SAF derived from biogas methane.
Cummins Completes 50% Acquisition of Momentum Fuel Technologies
Cummins Inc. and Rush Enterprises, Inc. have closed on Cummins’ acquisition of 50% equity interest in Momentum Fuel Technologies from Rush Enterprises. The joint venture between Rush Enterprises and Cummins will seek to enhance production of near-zero emissions natural gas powertrains by manufacturing Cummins-branded natural gas fuel delivery systems for the commercial vehicle market in North America.
The new company combines the strengths of Momentum Fuel Technologies’ compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel delivery systems and Cummins’ powertrain expertise. When powered by renewable natural gas (RNG), using methane collected from organic waste as the primary fuel source, the engines can be credited with a neutral to negative carbon index, resulting in net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at or below zero.
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