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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Vision RNG and Meridian Waste Announce Landfill Gas to Renewable Natural Gas Project First in Missouri
Vision RNG is pleased to announce that its Landfill Gas (LFG) to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project at Meridian Waste’s Eagle Ridge Landfill in Bowling Green, Missouri is now fully operational. The project uses 1,500 scfm of LFG and produces 375,000 MMBtu of RNG annually, enough renewable gas to heat approximately 8,800 homes per year.
The RNG is injected into a nearby interstate natural gas pipeline and used by various customers across the U.S. for transportation fuel and other sustainability purposes. RNG production has many environmental and economic benefits, including being a carbon-neutral energy solution, lowering methane emissions, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, and utilizing the current natural gas infrastructure.
Anaerobic Digestion 101: How to Make Renewable Natural Gas from Organic Waste
Farm Powered anaerobic digestion is a powerful process that recycles organic waste, mainly food and beverage waste from the manufacturing sector and dairy cow manure, into renewable natural gas. It's a pretty simple process - think of it as a giant Crock-Pot that is full of methanogens - which are naturally found in cow manure - that gobbles up the food waste and the manure and creates biogas. That biogas is then cleaned, upgraded, and becomes a powerful tool to fight climate change - renewable natural gas. A drop-in replacement for fossil natural gas and is one of the tools in our toolbox to mitigate climate change.
Renewable Natural Gas Facility Approved for Ocheda Dairy in Minnesota
Ocheda Dairy plans to build a renewable natural gas production facility south of Worthington, Minnesota, in partnership with Vaca Verde RNG and its parent company Novilla RNG, that will produce the energy equivalent to about 625,000 gallons of gasoline per year.
Its plans were given the go-ahead by the Nobles County Board of Commissioners Tuesday when a conditional use permit for the project was unanimously approved.
Montauk Renewables Announces Agreements Expanding Waste-to-Renewable Energy in North Carolina
Montauk Renewables has signed a Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) Agreement with Duke Energy for Montauk’s proposed waste-to-renewable energy facility in Sampson County, North Carolina, which will expand Duke’s renewable energy efforts in the state.
Montauk is constructing the Turkey Creek facility which will use its patented near zero emissions conversion technology. The patented technology, as we believe, is designed in a manner that avoids meaningful amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. Montauk, through a wholly owned, locally focused subsidiary, will operate the project, which is designed to convert swine waste into renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, and other renewable commodities such as biochar fertilizer. The 15-year agreements call for Duke to buy the electricity as well as the associated swine waste Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from the conversion which is contracted to be up to 47,000 RECs per year once the facility is fully commissioned.
Montauk Renewables Signs Letter of Intent With European Energy To Provide CO2 for e-Methanol Production
Montauk Renewables and its subsidiary, Montauk Energy Holdings has signed a Letter of Intent with EE North America, a North American subsidiary of Denmark–based European Energy, to deliver all biogenic Carbon Dioxide volumes from all its Texas facilities sufficient for large scale production of e-fuels, such as e-methanol. The initial delivery period is expected to begin in 2026 and is expected to last for 15 years upon final agreement. The LOI immediately commits Montauk’s CO2 from its Texas facilities to EE North America’s Texas project.
EE North America is a North American subsidiary of Denmark–based European Energy that, for the past 19 years, has been committed to being a leading player in the development of renewable energy. EE North America intends to construct a Power-to-X facility in Texas that would take the biogenic CO2 from Montauk’s locations and use it in the production of e-methanol. The e-methanol would then be used to fuel vessels for maritime shipping operations. The LOI between Montauk and EE North America assists Montauk in synchronizing capital commitment timing at its Texas facilities with EE North America’s project.
EDL and Partners Commence Operations at RNG Plant in Ohio
Global sustainable energy producer EDL and key project stakeholders Republic Services, NW Natural Renewables and Pennant Midwest have commenced operations at the Limestone Renewable Natural Gas Facility (RNG) near Youngstown, Ohio in the US.
EDL has upgraded an existing landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) power plant to an RNG facility near Republic Services’ Carbon Limestone Landfill.
How Would ‘Clean Heat’ Standard Impact NJ’s Natural-Gas Utilities?
New Jersey is considering establishing a “clean heat” standard, a market-based tool to drive down greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels used by utility customers, primarily natural gas.
By the end of this decade, Gov. Phil Murphy wants to reduce carbon pollution from the natural-gas industry by 50% below 2006 levels, a target set by an executive order issued earlier this year.
Aemetis Closes USDA Financing To Fund Digesters at 8 More Dairies
Aemetis, a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today the closing of its second $25 million, 20-year term loan guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a total of $50 million of Aemetis Biogas project financing arranged by Greater Commercial Lending (GCL) in the past nine months.
The Aemetis Biogas Central Dairy RNG Project is now fully funded to build biogas digesters and related assets for eight additional dairies using the $9.4 million of equity financing already provided by Aemetis and the $25 million of new debt financing guaranteed by the USDA. Magnolia Bank of Elizabethtown, Kentucky provided the primary funding for the $25 million loan to Aemetis Biogas 2 LLC (AB-2), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aemetis Inc.
From Waste to Wheels: Harnessing the Power of Biogas for Electric Vehicles
Biogas and electric vehicles (EVs) should be crossing paths, rather than crossing wires. Callum Russell, EV expert and owner of Charging at Home, looks at the crossover potential.
As global efforts continue to decarbonize and transition towards sustainable energy, the potential of biogas as a renewable source stands out. Meanwhile, EVs, another powerful tool for sustainable transition, are rapidly gaining traction. This article explores the promising intersection of these two technologies: using biogas as a power source for EVs.
Demand for Biomethane at ‘All-Time High’ As Firms Look To Decarbonize Fleets
Gasrec, which supplies gas to the road transport sector, has reported that demand for biomethane reached an all-time high for the company in June 2023.
It attributes this to the shift towards biogas and away from diesel as fleet operators attempt to decarbonize their fleets. Gasrec expects this trend to continue as orders of biogas-powered trucks are fulfilled and more of these vehicles hit the UK’s roads.
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