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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Can 'Natural' Gas be Renewable?
Natural gas is mainly methane and is used for making energy in power stations, or for heating and cooking in our households. We also use it to make ammonia based fertiliser. Without natural gas many of us would be freezing in winter and eating cold food only. It also produces half as much emissions than its cousin, the much maligned coal.
Natural gas is a fossil fuel because it is the left over from organic matter from millions of years ago. Therefore, releasing its carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere can upset the subtle balance of our atmosphere. Releasing dioxide emissions or the equivalents from renewable fuels is not counted in the greenhouse gas balance, as we assume these gases can be absorbed and renewed, whereas to re-create natural gas made over millions of years would take… well… millions of years.
WM's Groundbreaking Move to Clean Up the Air, Save Resources
Trash hauler Waste Management broke ground on a renewable natural gas production project at its Simi Valley, California, Landfill and Recycling Center.
During the ceremony at the landfill, Mayor Keith Mashburn commended the project and its impact on the city. The new plant, which will be operational in 2024, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 100,000 tons per year and create enough gas to fuel 2,000 waste and recycling vehicles.
Southern Company and PGA TOUR Partner for the First-Ever Net Zero Energy TOUR Championship
Southern Company announced that it is delivering the first-ever net zero energy TOUR Championship.
For the PGA TOUR's season finale, which returns to Atlanta and historic East Lake Golf Club August 24-28 and crowns the season's FedExCup champion, Southern Company and its subsidiaries Georgia Power, PowerSecure and Southern Company Gas collaborated closely with the TOUR Championship to drive sustainability measures on and off the golf course.
Opinion: We Owe It to our Children to Think Outside the Box on Biogas
Most Canadians support some form of action to tackle climate change and large investments and carbon levies to accomplish our climate-fighting goals. But when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, our best laid climate plans often fall short. We owe it to our children, who will pay the price for our failure in combating climate change, to think outside the box of conventional renewable energy such as solar, wind and hydro.
There are several energy innovators in Canada making huge strides in adopting low- or no-carbon energy solutions by blending energy sources with the goal of helping large and small energy users achieve their 2030 goals. One solution that has generated excellent results is renewable natural gas (RNG).
The World is Ready for a Renewable Gas Revolution
Many governments around the globe are striving for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and putting pressure on energy companies to do the same. This has led oil and gas firms to invest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, electrify their operations and invest heavily in renewable energy projects to offset fossil fuel activities. One of the firms aiming to achieve net-zero is Australian gas distribution major AGIG.
Kristin Raman, Executive General Manager of People and Strategy at the company, highlights AGIG’s aim to shift away from natural gas to renewable alternatives. She explains, “Renewable gas is not just a new name, but a new gas including renewable hydrogen and biomethane that will be delivered by the current gas network.”
Biogest Concludes Master Service Agreement with Brightmark
Biogest America signed a master service agreement for the construction of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) projects in the US with Brightmark. The latter is on a mission to reimagine waste and offset 22 million metric tons of CO2 by 2025 with its RNG projects.
BIOGEST entered the US market in 2017 and has since then successfully grown the market with commissioned projects and a vast project pipeline for future RNG plants throughout the United States and Canada.
Omaha's $20 Million Plan to Turn Wastewater into a Revenue Source
On August 16, the Omaha City Council approved a $20 million Biogas Conditioning Project to capture and clean the gas naturally created during the wastewater treatment process at the Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility.
"We take dirty water and make clean water," said Michael Arends, the manager of water resource recovery engineering and remote facilities. Arends notes the facility treats over 60 million gallons of wastewater a day and covers an area of 600,000 people in the Omaha Metro. "The byproducts are solid material, which we stabilize," Arends said. "We make fertilizer of sorts and we get the gas from the product and we reuse that for energy." It's something they've done for 40-plus years to help the power and fuel the facility. Now, the city wants to sell that biogas.
Greenlane Renewables Announces Second Deployment of Development Capital for a Renewable Natural Gas Project
Greenlane Renewables Inc. through its subsidiary, Greenlane Renewables Capital Inc., announced its second deployment of development capital to a company focused on developing landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) projects.
The initial project planned by the development company is located in the midwestern USA and is estimated to generate over 250,000 MMBtu annually using a Greenlane supplied biogas upgrading system. Project revenue is expected to be generated from the sale of physical gas and D3 Renewable Identification Numbers (D3 RINs) under the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program or, alternatively, one or more long-term offtake agreements with natural gas utilities. The total project capital expenditure to be provided by third parties is expected to be approximately CAD$23.0 million (US$18.0 million).
What Can the City Do for You?
The city of Santa Clarita prides itself on the services it provides residents. Many Santa Clarita residents aren’t aware of the depth and breadth of many services offered by the city. Here’s a short look at “What can Santa Clarita Do For You?”
“We use renewable natural gas, it is not fossil fuel based,” Aguilar said. “It is methane that is captured from landfills and dairy farms.”
SoCalGas Breaks Ground on Technology to Produce Clean Hydrogen for SunLine Transit Agency's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Buses
Southern California Gas Co. announced the official groundbreaking on construction of a first-of-its-kind advanced hydrogen generation system at SunLine Transit Agency in Thousand Palms, California.
The project, called H2 SilverSTARS, will produce hydrogen from renewable natural gas (RNG) and help fuel SunLine's fleet of 17 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses. At scale, this demonstration project has the potential to provide clean hydrogen at any location adjacent to a natural gas pipeline, which will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate California's climate and clean air goals.
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