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Walmart Inc. on Tuesday said it is rolling out its first heavy-duty truck powered by a 15-liter natural-gas engine, making it the first of its kind to hit the road in North America.
The Bentonville, Ark., retail giant said the truck, the first of five it is incorporating into its private fleet, has an X15N engine supplied by Cummins Inc. It will be fueled by Chevron Corp. with compressed natural gas linked to renewable natural gas, which is produced when biomethane from decomposing organic matter is captured, treated and placed into the network.
Nature Energy Proposes Manure Digester in Lewiston
The Danish company Nature Energy is proposing a large manure digester plant in Lewiston, which would convert manure into renewable natural gas and other products. Nature Energy previously proposed a 20 million gallon digester in Wilson Township, and Lewiston Economic Development Authority (EDA) Chair Jon Nienow said the new proposal was similar, but he was unsure whether it would replace plans for the Wilson facility or be in addition to it.
The Lewiston City Council and EDA are expected to hear a presentation on Monday night and take an initial vote on whether to endorse the project. An environmental study and additional permit approvals by the state and city would be required in the future.
Greenlane Renewables Announces Agreement to Establish Industrial Scale Volume Production Locally in Brazil
Greenlane Renewables Inc. announced that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with ZEG Biogás e Energia S.A. ("ZEG Biogás"), a company 50% owned by Vibra Energia S.A. ("VIBRA"), previously the fuel distribution unit of Petrobras, to locally produce, market and sell one of Greenlane's largest and most popular biogas upgrading products in Brazil.
Under the terms of the agreement, Greenlane and ZEG Biogás will collaborate to establish, locally in Brazil, volume production of Greenlane's Totara+ Water Wash Biogas Upgrading Product, one that is capable of processing up to 2,500 Nm3/h of inlet biogas.
RNG as On-Road Fuel Up 17% in 2022
Renewable natural gas (RNG) use to fuel on-road natural gas vehicles rose 17% in 2022 and accounted for 69% of all on-road fuel use in the US last year, Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) said April 13.
Last year, 663 million gasoline-equivalent gallons (GGE) of natural gas were used as motor fuel; 457 million GGE of that total came from renewable sources, up 17% from 2021 and 218% higher than volumes used in 2018, NGVAmerica and the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) said.
“RNG-fueled heavy-duty vehicles are a scalable, affordable, and carbon-free-today solution for freight and transit fleets of all sizes,” NGVAmerica President Dan Gage said. “And with the upcoming availability of a 15-liter engine option, commercial fleet applications with the biggest torque and horsepower needs will also be able to transition to ultra-clean renewable natural gas motor fuel and displace diesel, saving on fueling costs and slashing their greenhouse gas emissions.”
Bioenergy Devco Receives $30 Million Investment As It Ramps Up US Anaerobic Digestion Efforts
Bioenergy Devco, the North American division of Italian biogas firm BTS Bioenergy, received a $30 million investment from a subsidiary of Annapolis, Maryland-based Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, the firm announced on Monday.
The new investment allows Bioenergy Devco to move forward on more than 20 sites it’s eyeing for its North American expansion, taking advantage of incoming organics recycling mandates and rising interest about the utility of anaerobic digestion as a waste disposal strategy, Shawn Kreloff, founder and CEO, told Waste Dive.
Chevron: Another Chevron CNG Station in California Crops Up in Farm Country
Last month, Chevron opened another retail compressed natural gas (CNG) station in California.
The fueling site-located in Visalia, a city in the central part of the state where agriculture predominates-increases the availability of lower carbon fuels for use in heavy-duty vehicles.
Garbage to Gas: Landfill Methane To Be Converted From Greenhouse Gas To Fuel
A $30 million project in St. Joseph County plans to convert landfill gas to renewable natural gas. The facility is already being built at the Prairie View Landfill in Wyatt.
The process involves removing C02 and nitrogen emitted by the landfill. The remaining gas will be sent off though pipes and sold. A project to capture methane at the Prairie View Landfill and use it to power vehicles is underway. The renewable natural gas facility built at the landfill is owned by Kinder Morgan.
Toyota North America on Path to 100% Renewable Energy Through DTE
Toyota Motor North America and DTE Energy announced Toyota’s enrollment in MIGreenPower, DTE’s voluntary renewable energy program.
Toyota’s participation puts all of Toyota Motor North America’s research and development operations in Michigan on a path to attribute 100% of their electricity use to renewable energy projects starting in 2026. This includes the company’s research and development headquarters in Ann Arbor along with six other facilities across Washtenaw County.
The clean energy commitment covers a 20-year period and will have the environmental benefit equal to avoiding 29,000 metric tons of CO2 or the greenhouse gas emissions from more than 6,200 gasoline-powered passenger cars driven for a year.
Carper Joins Cardin in Tour of Bioenergy Devco Plant
Sen. Tom Carper, chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat and senior member of the committee, toured Bioenergy Devco’s Bioenergy Center in Jessup, MD, on April 4.
The facility uses anaerobic digestion to recycle up to 110,000 tons of organics annually, producing renewable natural gas for energy, and sustainable soil amendment for agricultural and other land uses.
Q&A With Divert CEO Ryan Begin: Preventing Food Waste With Tech and Sustainable Infrastructure
The bruised banana. The blemished apple. The brown bit at the bottom of that Iceberg lettuce.
U.S. grocers generate 16 billion pounds of food waste annually, and the U.S. as a whole sends 119 million pounds of food waste to landfills each year. Even though technology has been shifting the way retailers manage inventory, consumer behavior continues to perpetuate the issue.
Waste360 recently connected with Ryan Begin, CEO and founder of Divert, which has been using advanced technology to improve food recovery and create supply chain efficiencies since 2007.
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