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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.OPAL Fuels, NextEra Energy Marketing, and Republic Services Begin Operations at Minnesota’s First Landfill Gas to Renewable Natural Gas Facility
OPAL Fuels Inc., a leading vertically integrated producer and distributor of renewable natural gas (RNG), and NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, today announced the commencement of commercial operations at the first landfill renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility in Minnesota. The Pine Bend RNG Project is located at a landfill owned by Republic Services, Inc. a leader in the environmental services industry, and interconnected with a pipeline owned by Xcel Energy the leading electric and gas utility in the region.
The new, state-of-the-art RNG facility captures naturally occurring biogas, made up in part by methane, from Pine Bend Landfill and transforms it into RNG. Methane is a natural byproduct of a variety of sources and is a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG). RNG is the right now solution to the right now problem of climate change and is one of the most attractive sources of renewable energy.
UGI Announces Sale of its Energy Marketing Business in the UK
UGI Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement to divest of its energy marketing business in the United Kingdom (UK) to British Gas, for an undisclosed amount, effective on October 21, 2022. At the date of the agreement, this business that was operated as AvantiGas ON, supplied natural gas to approximately 13,000 business meter points on the gas grid in the UK.
Beth Reid, Vice President – Growth & Transformation, UGI International said, “In conjunction with UGI’s strategic review of its European energy marketing business, we were pleased to reach an agreement to divest of our natural gas marketing operations in the UK. The strategic review of the remaining energy marketing businesses in France, Belgium and the Netherlands is ongoing. With the sale of the UK energy marketing business and the natural roll-off of existing contracts, we expect a 20 – 25% reduction in volumes in Fiscal 2023 as we continue to progress the strategic review of the remaining energy marketing activities.”
Hexagon Digital Wave Signs Long Term Agreement with Certarus Using Modal Acoustic Emission Technology to Requalify Type-4 Cylinders
Hexagon Digital Wave has signed a long-term agreement with Certarus Ltd. (Certarus), a leading provider of turnkey virtual pipeline solutions in North America. Hexagon Digital Wave will perform in situ Modal Acoustic Emission (MAE) requalification of Type-4 cylinders used for transportation of compressed natural and renewable natural gas (CNG/RNG).
MAE enables the requalification of Type-4 cylinders without removal from the trailer, resulting in reduced downtime and operator overhead, all while providing the most effective assessment of composite structural integrity available. The long-term agreement has a 3-year term and estimated value of USD 2 million ( approx. NOK 21 million).
Cattle at Rimrock Could Provide Heat for B.C. Homes
About six thousand homes in British Columbia could be heated by renewable natural gas generated at Rimrock Feeders by 2024.
Tidewater Renewables has announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Rimrock Renewables has signed a 20-year Offtake Agreement with FortisBC Energy.
Will County Officials Tout Environmental, Financial Benefits as Plant to Renew and Reuse Landfill Gas Prepares to Open
Will County officials touted the green benefits, both environmental and financial, that will come from a renewable natural gas plant in Wilmington during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Will County renewable natural gas plant is projected to begin operation in November and bring in about $14.5 million in revenue next year, which will be used to cover debt service for a few years.
$90M Waste Management Natural Gas Facility Coming to Falls Township
A renewable natural gas facility could be operational in Falls Township by 2024, significantly reducing greenhouse gases and expanding the availability of local jobs.
The Falls Township Board of Supervisors has granted preliminary and final land development approval for Waste Management to construct two 20,000-square-foot renewable natural gas plants on a portion of the company’s 47-acre Fairless Landfill complex in Falls.
Shell Moves to Next Round of Bidding for Danish Biogas Producer Nature Energy -Sources
Shell is one of several companies involved in a second bidding round to acquire Danish biogas producer Nature Energy, three sources familiar with the matter said, as energy companies look to promote low-carbon businesses.
Sources said the sale is due to close by the end of this year and could be worth around $2 billion to Nature Energy.
Stanton Farms is the First in Ontario to Produce Renewable Natural Gas
This small town north of London is on its way to becoming a more sustainable community thanks to a nearby dairy farm. On Friday, municipal, provincial, and federal government officials joined industry representatives at Stanton Farms to launch its newly expanded renewable natural gas plant that converts organic waste into fuel.
The project, completed in partnership with pipeline operator Enbridge Gas, makes the five-generation family farm the only farm-based renewable natural gas supplier to plug into the provincial power grid.
U.S. Patent Office Confirms Patent Protection for Evonik’s 3-Stage Process for Efficient Biogas
The U.S. Patent Office has confirmed the validity of Evonik’s patent for a 3-stage process for efficient biogas upgrading using SEPURAN® Green membranes in a voluntary supplementary examination procedure. Based on this decision, biogas projects in the USA using the patented separation process can continue to be offered and implemented exclusively by Evonik and its partners. The decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office also applies to biogas projects outside the U.S., provided they use the patented separation process and components essential to the process that are manufactured in the United States.
“The decision by the U.S. Patent Office clearly confirms the innovative power and technological superiority of our biogas upgrading membranes,” says Maureen Schaefer, Group Head of Evonik’s Membranes Business in the Americas. “For our customers, this decision is an important signal to continue developing the global biogas market together and reliably.”
TC Energy to Invest $29.3-Million in Renewable Natural Gas Project at Jack Daniel Distillery
TC Energy to invest $29.3-million in renewable natural gas project at Jack Daniel distillery.
TC Energy says once the facility is operational in 2024, it will break down the byproduct from the distilling process to generate methane gases recovered as biogas says it will invest $29.3-million in a renewable natural gas production facility that will use a byproduct from the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tenn.TC Energy says once the facility owned by Lynchburg Renewable Fuels LLC is operational in 2024 it will break down the byproduct from the distilling process to generate methane gases recovered as biogas.
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