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At the largest university campus AD/biogas plant in the United States, a chopper pump made by Landia has now completed eight years of continuous robust service, despite the very tough environment of being in a food waste and FOG (fats, oils, and greases) reception pit.
The facility at Michigan State University, which converts over 22,000 tons of food waste annually—from campus dining halls and local food processors, plus manure from Michigan State’s dairy farm—into renewable energy, opened in 2013, complete with the same Landia Chopper Pump (model DG-I 105).
Latest Study on Biogas Power Plant Market Hints a True Blockbuster
Advance Market Analytics published a new research publication on "Biogas Power Plant Market Insights, to 2027" with 232 pages and enriched with self-explained Tables and charts in presentable format. In the Study you will find new evolving Trends, Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities generated by targeting market associated stakeholders. The growth of the Biogas Power Plant market was mainly driven by the increasing R&D spending across the world.
The Biogas Power Plants market is expected to be driven by government and private bodies providing increasingly enhanced support to owners of biogas plants in terms of financial incentives and the favorable nature of regulations being established. The commercial electricity segment is expected to have the largest market share in terms of end users during the forecast period. The growing demand for biogas among municipalities, farmers, and industrial processes to meet the rising demand for energy is expected to boost demand for biogas power plants in the coming years. Furthermore, the growth of the biogas power plant market can be attributed to greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation.
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.
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