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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Sioux City Eyes Biogas Revenue to Help Offset Future Sewer Rate Hikes, Resolve Legal Issues Related to Plant
Sioux City's wastewater treatment plant is generating biogas to be sold in the cellulosic biofuels market and, in the process, capturing pollutants that used to be released into the atmosphere.
In 2017, the council greenlighted a $9.3 million project to put in place a system to capture, clean and compress biogas at the plant. Construction on the Renewable Fuels Processing Building at the plant began in October 2019.
On Nov. 13, 2020, the building began producing pipeline quality methane. Then, last month, the City Council approved a transaction confirmation agreement between the city and The Energy Authority, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida, to sell the biogas. Based on current raw biogas volume and RIN price, the city anticipates generating $2.05 million in net revenue per year, according to Utilities Program Manager Yang Oh Jin.
On Track to Eliminate Coal by 2035, Duke Expands Net Zero Carbon Goal to Include Indirect Emissions
Duke Energy will include upstream carbon emissions from energy it purchases, as well as downstream emissions from customers, in its 2050 net-zero carbon goal, according to an announcement made Wednesday.
The company has already reduced carbon emissions 44% from 2005 levels and is currently on track to fully eliminate coal from its generation fleet by 2035. The company plans to deploy 6,000 MW of new wind and solar energy by 2025 and 14,000 MW by 2030, Lynn Good, president and CEO of Duke Energy said during a Thursday earnings call.
A Clean Energy Future Demands Many Solutions. Renewable Natural Gas is One of Them.
Climate change is the greatest threat of our time, and the clock is ticking. In November, more than 100 global leaders committed to cut methane emissions by nearly 30 percent by 2030 during the COP26 Summit in Glasgow. President Joe Biden, who has made combating climate change a top priority of his administration, stated at the conference that the U.S. will lead on clean energy. “We will demonstrate to the world that the U.S. is not only back at the table but, hopefully, lead by the power of our example,” he said.
Renewable energies, such as solar and wind, are important components along the road to a clean energy future. But no single renewable technology can power our national infrastructure. In 2020, renewable sources accounted for just 20 percent of electricity generation in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium Launches Three Studies Comparing Buses Powered with RNG and Diesel
Conducted separately for Calgary Transit, Orange County Transportation Authority, and TransLink, these four-month projects analyze factors ranging from fuel usage and vehicle maintenance to the total cost of ownership and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions based on differing propulsion fuels in transit buses. Each project delivers a comprehensive review of existing CNG and RNG applications across Canadian and U.S. transit fleets, and determines total emissions based on transit fleet data from selected samples and average values.
“With thousands of RNG-fuelled buses already operating in transit fleets across the United States, CUTRIC’s comparative analysis will determine whether RNG can quickly enable carbon-neutral mobility in Calgary, Orange County and across B.C., without sacrificing performance, reliability or range,” said CUTRIC President & CEO Josipa Petrunic. “The drive to eliminate emissions is rightly focused on the integration of new technologies, such as battery electric buses (BEBs) and hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses (FCEBs). But RNG is often overlooked as another easily accessible, available and simple net zero emissions alternative fuel for Canadian transit agencies today. Our study will show the extent to which RNG can support the drive-to-zero emissions today.”
Dominion Energy Broadens Net Zero Commitments
As one of the nation's leading clean-energy companies, Dominion Energy is broadening efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Building on plans to achieve Net Zero carbon and methane emissions from power generation and natural gas operations by 2050, Dominion Energy will now work to achieve Net Zero for emissions outside of the company's direct operations. These include emissions generated downstream by customers and upstream by suppliers.
With today's announced expansion, Dominion Energy's Net Zero commitments not only cover those emissions within the company's direct control, they now cover what are known as Scope 2 and material categories of Scope 3 emissions. Scope 2 emissions are those emitted from electricity the company consumes, but does not generate. Scope 3 emissions are generated downstream of company operations by customers and upstream by suppliers.
Breweries Are Working to Make Super Bowl Sunday Greener in Massachusetts
Breweries across New England are stepping up to help fight climate change, and this weekend is no different. Super Bowl Sunday is not just a day for football in America; it’s one of the days that Americans consume the most beer - approximately 325 million gallons. Yet, all that beer creates a lot of waste that gets sent to landfills or dumped down the drain. Vanguard Renewables in Massachusetts believes that waste is only waste if you waste it - they can recycle that waste and harness it to make renewable energy.
U.S. Gain Enters First of its Kind Partnership to Supply RNG into Hydrogen Production
U.S. Gain, a leader in the development and distribution of alternative fuel and renewable thermal energy, is excited to announce its renewable natural gas (RNG) supply will be used as a feedstock into hydrogen production, enabling a greener fueling solution for the California transportation market.
Clean Methane Systems and Ammongas A/S Collaborate to Introduce Cost-Effective Biogas Upgrading Technology in North America
Clean Methane Systems LLC and Ammongas A/S today introduces amine technology to North American renewable natural gas (RNG) customers. The new Danish technology simplifies biogas upgrading by minimizing the steps required to prepare and inject renewable natural gas into the grid. Amine technology also reduces the operational cost of the system in the novel way it manages hydrogen sulfide and other contaminants in the gas stream.
Clean Energy and Enbridge Partner to Make CNG Available to UPS Canada Fleet Vehicles in Ontario
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., along with its industry partner Union Energy Solutions Limited Partnership, an unregulated affiliate of Enbridge Gas Inc. – an Enbridge Company, announced it has signed an agreement to fuel United Parcel Service (UPS) Canada delivery fleet vehicles with compressed natural gas (CNG) at its London, Ontario station.
UPS Canada has converted 25 package delivery vans to operate on CNG – a lower carbon alternative to gasoline. The Clean Energy-operated CNG fueling station, located near the UPS facility in London, will provide an anticipated 2,000,000 litres (525,000 gasoline gallon equivalent) of CNG in a multi-year agreement. Fueling the trucks with CNG will reduce 700 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions–the equivalent of planting 11,667 trees, removing 152 cars from the road, and recycling 281 tons of landfill waste.
SoCalGas, OPAL Fuels, and Young's Commercial Transfer Showcase Conversion of Fleet to Renewable Natural Gas at World Ag Expo
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), Young's Commercial Transfer (YCT), one of the largest agricultural trucking companies in the United States, and OPAL Fuels, a leading producer and distributor of renewable natural gas (RNG), are showcasing YCT's commitment to help decarbonize California by transitioning its fleet of heavy-duty trucks to operate on RNG. These ultra, low-emissions trucks are fueled at stations built, owned and operated by OPAL Fuels across the San Joaquin Valley.
The RNG will be delivered via SoCalGas' pipeline network. YCT currently has 80 natural gas trucks and plans to increase that to 110 by the end of March. Additionally, YCT hopes to convert 75 percent of its fleet to RNG by the end of 2023. The trucks will be equipped with Cummins Westport 12-liter engines and automatic transmission and have a driving range of up to 600 miles.
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