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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Waga Energy Cites North America As Growth Market
Waga Energy, a landfill gas-to-energy technology provider based in Eybens, France, has called 2022 a year of “strong growth in renewable natural gas (RNG) production and revenue,” and points to projects in Canada and the United States as key milestones.
The company has reported consolidated revenue of 19.2 million euros ($21.2 million) in 2022, with 79 percent of that generated from sales of RNG and purification services invoiced to landfill operators.
Bioenergy Devco Secures Approval for Public-Private Partnership Negotiations to Construct Organic Recycling Facility in Middlesex County
Bioenergy Devco has been approved to negotiate a public-private partnership agreement to build an organics recycling facility by the Middlesex County Utilities Authority (MCUA).
The partnership between BDC and MCUA will see the development of a state-of-the-art facility that will recycle organic food waste from Middlesex County and central New Jersey creating renewable natural gas and organic soil amendments. This project is part of MCUA's commitment to environmental sustainability, as it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and move the MCUA toward achieving its sustainability goals. The project will also create local jobs and stimulate economic growth in the area.
Is Natural Gas the Answer to Greener Commercial Transport?
Electric transportation is still in its infancy and isn’t widely affordable for many logistics companies around the world. However, electric-powered vehicles aren’t the only solution for commercial transport businesses looking to adopt greener initiatives; there’s also natural gas to consider. Is natural gas the answer to sustainability in commercial logistics? It might be – here’s why.
Venture Lab Awards Startup Challenge Grand Prize to Renewable Natural Gas Startup
Penn’s Venture Lab held its annual Startup Challenge on April 21, awarding the grand prize to Swinergy, Inc.
Swinergy, a startup co-founded by Wharton MBA first-year Wyatt Frasier and veteran Eugene Alvey, aims to implement a new system to efficiently turn agricultural waste into natural gas. Frasier and Alvey were awarded the Perlman Grand Prize at the Startup Challenge, receiving $50,000 and $15,000 in legal, accounting, and strategy services. Swinergy also won both the Venture Lab Social Entrepreneurship Award and the Summer Venture Award, each worth $10,000.
FortisBC Teams With Dicklands Farms To Produce RNG From Agricultural Waste
FortisBC Energy Inc. is adding more renewable natural gas (RNG) to its system by teaming with Dicklands Farms in Chilliwack, British Columbia (B.C.), who is producing RNG from agricultural and food waste. Once the project is at peak production, it is expected to produce enough low-carbon RNG to meet the annual gas needs of approximately 2,000 B.C. homes.
“With Dicklands Farms and the existing Fraser Valley Biogas project, the residents of the Fraser Valley can be proud of how much their community is helping advance a lower-carbon future in B.C.,” said Jenelle De La Cour, manager, Renewable Gas accounts with FortisBC. “The more RNG we have, the less conventional natural gas we need. Every RNG project is a win for climate action.”
New Biomethane Report Outlines Industry Growth and Energy Security
Biomethane has become a crucial component of global energy and climate policies due to energy security concerns, the urgency to address climate change and a focus on methane emissions reduction, according to a new report released by CEDIGAZ.
The report, entitled ‘Global Biomethane Market 2023 Assessment’, reveals that the global biomethane industry experienced a 23% growth in 2022, with production increasing from six billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2021 to 7.4 bcm in 2022.
EBA Report Sheds Light on the Efforts of the European Biogas Industry To Reduce Methane Emissions With Sustainable Biogas Production
The European Biogas Association (EBA), in collaboration with international biogas experts, is launching a white paper on methane emissions originating from anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to support and advise the industry, European policymakers, and AD operators. “The biogas and biomethane industry is a large net reducer of methane emissions, but a minimal share of fugitive emissions can occur during the biogas production process. The sustainable scale-up of the sector to support the energy transition and reach the 35 bcm biomethane production target by 2030 represents an opportunity for the value chain to achieve efficient plant design and implement leak mitigation strategies.” highlights Giulia Cancian, EBA’s Secretary General.
Biogases have a pivotal role in reducing EU methane emissions in the agricultural, energy and waste sectors, as recognised by the 2020 EU Methane Strategy. Methane emissions are avoided when methane emitted from organic matter, such as manure and biowaste, are brought to the closed and controlled environment of an AD plant, instead of being released into the atmosphere.
Raleigh Buses will soon be Powered by Human Waste
City buses will soon be powered by gas made from human waste.
It’s one of the perks of an upgrade to Raleigh’s wastewater treatment system that will help the city save money and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Currently, Raleigh’s main wastewater treatment plant processes about 50 million gallons of water each day and uses an energy-intensive aerobic system to break down waste into to dried biosolids that can be spread on farms and fields.
Twenty Year Anniversary: BMW Manufacturing’s Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project Continues to Power Factory
For decades, the BMW Group has been using innovative technologies in its efforts to improve sustainability. It was 20 years ago that BMW Manufacturing started using recycled methane gas from a local landfill to provide electricity and hot water for the plant. The result of this groundbreaking idea: more than 9,200 tons of CO2 emissions have been reduced each year, which is equivalent to eliminating CO2 emissions from vehicles driving 23.5 million miles every year. Currently, about 20 percent of Plant Spartanburg’s total energy needs (electricity and heat) are provided by landfill gas.
Because of the great success of this project, BMW Manufacturing announced today that it will extend its partnership with Ameresco, Inc. for an additional eight years. Ameresco constructed the 9.5-mile pipeline from the Palmetto Landfill to Plant Spartanburg. This means nearly 74,000 tons of CO2 emissions will be reduced over the next eight years.
Forget the Noise: Biomethane a Global Tool To Cut Emissions and Boost Energy Security
Over the last 40-plus years, the United States and Canada have positioned themselves as world leaders in renewable natural gas (RNG) — a sustainable and reliable gaseous fuel derived from the captured emissions of biological waste. The North American RNG portfolio has grown considerably from the first commercial RNG facility at a landfill in Staten Island, New York, in 1982, to more than 300 facilities operating at year-end 2022 at landfills, dairies and nearly anywhere else biological waste is found.
But, according to a small and noisy band of political advocacy groups, RNG is a brand-new marketing pitch cooked up by US energy interests. If you’ve recently paid attention to RNG-conducive policy progress occurring in several US states, you’ve likely heard some spurious claims of “greenwashing” lobbed at RNG operators and utilities supporting the safe and responsible use of renewable gas as a means of addressing societal waste and emissions.
To those working in RNG, these claims are head-scratching. While RNG may be newly popular — and urgently necessary — it is far from new, or mere marketing fodder. Looking from a global perspective, we know that climate-smart governments around the world, not just in North America, are embracing methane capture and utilization as one way to achieve the net-zero goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.
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