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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.The Renewable Natural Gas Helping Energy Producers Meet Climate Obligations
As pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensifies in the face of climate change, some energy companies are turning to a unique alternative to traditional fossil fuels.
Companies like New Brunswick’s Irving Oil have started replacing some of their natural gas usage with RNG, a renewable natural gas made from organic matter.
Canadian-Owned Irving Oil Selects Anaergia Inc. as a Supplier of Carbon-Negative Renewable Natural Gas for its Operations, Including the Saint John Refinery
Irving Oil and Anaergia Inc. have announced a partnership that will supply Canada’s largest refinery with carbon-negative RNG, as well as Irving Oil’s other operations such as Delivered Natural Gas.
The RNG, which is made from organic matter instead of fossil fuels, will be produced at Anaergia’s Rhode Island Bioenergy Facility, where food waste and other organic wastes that would otherwise have been landfilled, are transformed into renewable fuel. About 350 million cubic feet of RNG will be supplied annually from Anaergia Inc. into the regional pipeline where it will reduce the need for conventional natural gas supply to Irving Oil’s operations, including the Saint John refinery in New Brunswick.
Proposed Calgary Energy Park to be ‘Largest’ Carbon Negative Renewable Biofuels Facility in Continent
Calgary is a step closer to getting a new “energy park” in the southeast industrial area.
“It will be North America’s largest carbon-negative renewable natural gas and ethanol project. It is a renewable biofuels facility,” Mayor Jyoti Gondek told reporters Tuesday. “It is part of the clean energy solution that we continue to advocate for as a council.”
Sioux Center Looks to Local Dairy Farms for Renewable Energy
Sioux Center is looking to local dairy farmers to help supplement the town’s natural gas supply.
The northwest Iowa town will construct a pipeline from surrounding dairy farms to bring in renewable energy from a new source: cow manure.
The manure from three different dairy farms will be put into digesters, which break down the waste and create natural gas. Once scrubbed and monitored, the gas will then be pumped directly to the town’s distribution system and sold to Sioux Center.
Iowa State University Builds Innovative Public Private Partnerships for a More Sustainable Future
As one of the nation’s first land grant institutions, Iowa State University has embraced the land-grant mission of access, practical education and shared knowledge for more than 150 years. It brings that mission to modern agriculture with a unique approach to public-private partnerships, where some of the leading names in modern agriculture work with world-class faculty, researchers and students to solve some of the most pressing challenges for our planet and growing global population.
One of the university’s most prominent examples of a successful collaboration is its 25-year relationship with industry leader Deere & Company, which brings its own 186-year legacy of serving farmers around the world. The multi-dimensional partnership includes ongoing research collaborations and interactions with ISU faculty members and a significant number of ISU interns and full-time employees hired by Deere each year. Deere also participates in college and department advisory councils.
OPAL Fuels Announces Florida’s First Landfill Gas to Renewable Natural Gas Facility Is Fully Operational
OPAL Fuels Inc. announced Florida’s first landfill gas to RNG facility at the New River Solid Waste Association municipal solid waste landfill has successfully completed its ramp-up period.
Located in Raiford, Florida, the facility captures naturally occurring biogas from the decomposition of organic material at the landfill and refines it into RNG, a usable low-carbon fuel. RNG is a right now solution to the right now problem of climate change and is one of the most attractive sources of renewable energy – capturing extremely damaging greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and using it to replace fossil fuels, such as diesel.
bp Completes Acquisition of Archaea Energy
At the end of December 2022 bp announced it had completed its purchase of Archaea Energy, a leading provider of renewable natural gas (RNG). The oil giant said this marked a milestone in the growth of bp’s strategic bioenergy business.
“We see enormous opportunity to grow our bioenergy business by bringing Archaea fully into bp,” said Dave Lawler, chairman and president bp America. “The talent, expertise and passion of their team has let them achieve incredible growth so far, and we're excited to support the next chapter in line with our strategy.”
Sioux Center Approves RNG Project
A new natural gas line connecting Sioux Center to a source of locally-produced natural gas could start next year.
The Sioux Center City Council at its Dec. 21 meeting approved giving city utilities manager Murray Hulstein authority to sign the agreement between West Branch RNG and the city of Sioux Center when the agreement is officially complete. The city council spent about a half hour of its meeting reviewing the agreement with assistant utilities manager Adam Fedders, who noted a few words need to be tweaked yet before the agreement can officially be signed.
UGI Corporation announces $150m RNG expansion in South Dakota
UGI Corporation announced on 4 January that MBL Bioenergy has entered an agreement to develop its second and third clusters of dairy manure waste to renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in South Dakota, US.
In total, these additional projects are said to represent approximately $150 million (€141m) of investment by MBL Bioenergy, and 100% of the funds will be provided by UGI Energy Services - a UGI subsidiary.
BayoTech Partners with Ranken Technical College to Bring Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production to Missouri
BayoTech, Inc. announces the expansion of their hydrogen distribution network into the St. Louis, Missouri region. The BayoTech-owned BayoGaaS™ Hydrogen Hub will be located onsite at Ranken and will produce 350 tons per year of low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen for local users. The Hydrogen Hub will create 10 local clean energy full-time jobs.
Yesterday, BayoTech and Ranken hosted a groundbreaking event that invited members of the public, Ranken College leadership and students, elected leadership, and community leaders to ceremoniously break ground on the BayoGaaS™ Hydrogen Hub, which will further advance hydrogen production, consumption and training in the state of Missouri.
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