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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Harvest and NOVUS Announce Formation of MaderaGas I LLC
Harvest Midstream announced the formation of MaderaGas I LLC in partnership with NOVUS Wood Group. The newly formed company will look to develop a greenfield facility near Houston to convert wood waste to renewable natural gas (RNG) on a commercial scale.
"The first plant could have the capacity to deliver meaningful quantities of renewable natural gas to market," MaderaGas CEO Bill Winters said. "Combining forces with a local experienced midstream partner like Harvest gives MaderaGas the capacity to develop not only this facility, but also future renewable opportunities as the industry grows. It is exciting to be on the leading edge of energy transition."
As currently planned, the MaderaGas plant will be comprised of 5 production trains, each of which will process 100,000 tons of wood waste annually into 1Bcf of renewable natural gas per year, yielding a total of 5Bcf of gas annually if fully developed. NOVUS is also in the process of finalizing definitive agreements for RNG offtake and CO2 capture and sequestration.
EPA Draft Report Shows Significant Drop in US Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2020
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. have decreased 7.4 percent from 1990 to 2020, according to a new draft report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The draft report, the EPA’s annual greenhouse gas inventory, notes that the COVID pandemic drove a record 9.1 percent decrease in U.S. emissions from 2019 to 2020 alone.
Other findings from the draft report include:
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) accounted for 78.8 percent of all U.S. GHG emissions in 2020. Total CO2 emissions decreased 8.1 percent from 1990 to 2020.
Methane (CH4) accounted for 10.9 percent of all U.S. GHG emissions in 2020. Total methane emissions decreased 16.6 percent from 1990 to 2020.
EDL Signs Agreement for Fourth Renewable Natural Gas Project in the United States
Global sustainable energy producer EDL has signed agreements with US gas company Pennant Midstream, kicking off EDL’s fourth investment in the USA’s renewable natural gas (RNG) sector since 2019.
Under the agreement, Pennant will transport the RNG from the Carbon Limestone Landfill near the city of Youngstown, Ohio, through its existing system and redeliver the gas to EDL’s downstream markets. The landfill gas, a by-product of naturally decomposing materials in the Carbon Limestone Landfill, will be processed and conditioned by what will be EDL’s largest North American RNG facility to meet Pennant’s gas quality requirements.
What is the Clean Fuel Standard Act?
A clean fuel standard is a cost-effective way to reduce the carbon footprint of transportation fuel and advance New Mexico’s climate goals. The Environmental Protection Division Director Sandra Ely, talked more about the Clean Fuel Standard Act, what it is and why it’s so beneficial.
The Clean Fuel Standard Act simply reduces the carbon footprint of fuel that we use in our vehicles. Companies will be required to reduce the carbon intensity of their fuel over time.
In New Mexico, Ely says the state is making every effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Generating Renewable Energy from Waste
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.”
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