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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Biogas and Biomethane Could Bolster the Green Circular Economy
Biogas is produced by breaking down organic waste – agricultural, food, municipal or animal, including manure and sewage – through a process known as anaerobic digestion, while biomethane removes greenhouse gases via carbon capture. Digestate, the other by-product of anaerobic digestion, can also be used as fertiliser.
In mid-October Titan, a Netherlands-based independent supplier of low- and zero-carbon fuels, announced that it will build and operate the world’s largest biomethane liquefied natural gas export plant at the Port of Amsterdam, which is slated to come on-line in 2025. Titan will source the biogas from BioValue, one of the largest biogas producers in the Netherlands, which is constructing a new biogas production plant adjacent to Titan’s export facility.
Emerson Technologies Help SoCalGas Deliver Clean Energy for [H2] Innovation Experience
Emerson’s (NYSE: EMR) digital technologies, software and services to demonstrate the resiliency and reliability of its new [H2] Innovation Experience in Southern California. One of the first microgrid projects of its kind in the United States, the [H2] Innovation Experience is a technology demonstration that aims to show how carbon-free gas made from renewable electricity can be used in pure form or as a blend to fuel clean energy systems of the future.
The project features a nearly 2,000-square-foot home outfitted with solar panels, a power storage battery system, an electrolyzer to convert solar energy to renewable hydrogen, and a fuel cell to supply electricity. The hydrogen, produced at the site, will also be blended with utility-provided natural gas and used in the home’s heat pump HVAC unit, water heater, clothes dryer and stove.
Schools to Get $80 Million From New Energy Department Program
A new $80 million grant program from the Energy Department may soon help schools with infrastructure upgrades.
Starting in November, local education agencies, such as public schools and charter school boards, can apply to receive federal funds for energy improvements or renewable upgrades such as new ventilation systems, lighting or alternative vehicles for campuses, according to a Wednesday announcement from the department.
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.
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