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Tulare and Kings counties in California used to be combined. While they are no longer governed by the same jurisdiction, they have plenty in common.
In both counties milk is the top money maker driving the economy. Dairies in both counties have moved to install manure digesters to capture methane emissions in an effort to fight climate change and help clean the air. Facing both the carrot and the stick, dairies must cut emissions by law but have been offered incentives to do so.
Chester County Solid Waste Authority Chooses Waga Energy To Produce RNG at Pennsylvania Landfill
Waga Energy has signed a commercial agreement with the Chester County Solid Waste Authority to produce RNG at its Lanchester Landfill and Reclamation Center (LLARC) site, located in Narvon, Pennsylvania. The contract was signed on October 4 following a competitive selection process.
As part of this agreement, Waga Energy will fund the construction of an RNG facility using its patented WAGABOX technology, to upgrade landfill gas into pipeline-quality RNG. Waga Energy will operate the facility for an initial 20-year term, sharing revenues with Chester County Solid Waste Authority, an intergovernmental solid waste management agency which operates the LLARC site.
Waitrose Is 'First UK Retailer' To Implement RNG-Powered Tractors
Waitrose is the first UK retailer to use renewable natural gas (RNG) to power tractors at its farm, in what it described as an industry-leading move.
In 2021, the company announced it will use its Leckford Estate farm in Hampshire, England, to facilitate change by experimenting with a variety of environment-friendly agricultural techniques.
NC DAQ Issues Air Quality Permit to Sapphire RNG Facility at Sampson County Landfill
After thoroughly reviewing all public comments submitted during the public hearing and notice period, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is issuing a Title V air quality permit to Sapphire Renewable Natural Gas.
Sapphire Renewable Natural Gas plans to accept and process landfill gas onsite at Sampson County Disposal, in Roseboro, North Carolina. Currently, the landfill burns all its gas using flares, producing air pollution. Air emissions at Sapphire Renewable Natural Gas will be controlled by a waste gas thermal oxidizer, a candlestick flare and a sulfur treatment system with two activated carbon vessels.
bp’s Archaea Energy Achieves Major Milestone, Brings Online First of Its Kind Renewable Natural Gas Plant
Today, bp’s Archaea Energy announced the official startup of its original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Medora, Indiana. Located next to a landfill owned by Rumpke Waste and Recycling, this is the first plant to come online since bp’s acquisition of Archaea in December 2022.
Landfill gas, a natural byproduct of the decomposition of waste in landfills, is a form of greenhouse gas. Using the AMD design, the Medora plant captures the gas from Rumpke’s landfill and converts it to electricity, heat or renewable natural gas, which leads to cleaner air, less odor and more sustainable energy when compared with traditional fossil fuel energy.
Evonik Celebrates 1,000th Reference Plant for Biogas Upgrading Using Sepuran Green Membranes
In Heek, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the 1,000th reference plant for biogas upgrading is being built, equipped with Sepuran Green membranes from Evonik. The specialty chemicals company is celebrating a significant milestone in its young history as a technology provider for membrane-based gas separation. Since the product launch in 2011, Evonik has worked with selected partners to develop its membrane technology into a new quality standard in biogas upgrading. The group is driving forward the green transformation toward a sustainable gas economy.
Preserving California's Emissions Reduction Goals: Stay The Course On Methane Reductions From The Low Carbon Fuel Standard
As California continues efforts to reach its ambitious climate goals, the California Air Resources Board faces a pivotal decision that could profoundly impact the state's climate progress. CARB is currently updating the state's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard program, which has prompted overly simplistic demands from anti-dairy political advocacy groups to remove recognition for reducing methane emissions during fuel production from the program. Despite the noise, it is crucial for policymakers to stay the course and support effective methane reduction measures currently supported by the LCFS and validated by prevailing academic research.
Washington State Renewable Gas Project Gets Clean Energy Funding
Seven grants totaling $4.76 million have been awarded to projects to enhance clean energy in rural communities, including the Sunnyside Renewable Natural Gas Project.
The grants were announced by the Washington State Department of Commerce, with funding coming from the State's Clean Energy Fund.
The funding will result in improved air and water quality or soil health, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and local economic benefits according to a Commerce press release announcing the grants.
RNG Coalition, EBA Ally To Advance Market-Based Approach To Global GHG Framework
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition), together with the European Biogas Association, met last week with Pankaj Bhatia, global director of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol at World Resources Institute, at New York Climate Week. Leaders discussed growing supply and utilization of renewable natural gas (RNG)/biomethane in North America and Europe and explored avenues for future collaboration to facilitate the accounting and reporting of RNG crediting under the GHG Protocol. Recognition of RNG's environmental attributes under the GHG Protocol will prove key toward unlocking RNG's decarbonization potential in both North America and European jurisdictions.
Done Right, Clean Energy As Reliable as Traditional Sources: Xcel Energy
It is National Clean Energy Week, a time to celebrate our collective progress toward systems that power our lives without greenhouse gas emissions.
In my role at Xcel Energy, which has advanced one of the most ambitious clean-energy visions in the U.S., I see enormous potential for our state to develop more sustainable and cost-effective systems to reliably serve us through extreme weather events and to serve our growing need for reliable electricity to charge vehicles and run appliances.
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