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Cummins predicts its new 15-liter natural gas engine designed for heavy-duty and on-highway applications could lead to a fivefold growth in customers for the alternative powertrain. It overcomes complaints about low power and torque and can run on potentially net-zero carbon renewable natural gas (RNG).
“I’m not saying that this market will go 80% natural gas. But it’s no longer a niche,” Jose Samperio, Cummins’ executive director and general manager, North America On-Highway, told FreightWaves. “It becomes more mainstream for long-haul applications.”
Biomethane's Role in Europe's Energy Transition is "Even More Critical" Now
Kadri Simson, the European Commissioner for Energy, delivered a speech for European Biomethane Week on 25 October, in which she said that biomethane's role in Europe's energy transition is "even more critical" now than one year ago.
SPSA, Terreva Celebrate New Renewable Gas Facility
A new partnership between Southeastern Public Service Authority and Terravera Renewables was celebrated with the completion of its new renewable gas facility on Wednesday, October 18. The new facility will collect raw landfill methane gas by converting it into RNG, which will be distributed to customers by pipeline as a replacement for natural gas.
PG&E Announces Production Pilot and RNG Procurement
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has reached a milestone in its commitment to decarbonize its natural gas system and expand on technologies that support the production of new, carbon-free and carbon-neutral energy resources.
The company has begun the process of purchasing California-produced renewable natural gas (RNG) for residential and small commercial customers. The company is also announcing a new biomass-to-RNG project.
Ameresco Landfill Gas to Renewable Natural Gas Plant Operations Begin at Republic Services’ Benson Valley Landfill
Ameresco has announced that it achieved commercial operation at its landfill gas to renewable natural gas plant at Republic Services’ Benson Valley Landfill in Frankfort, Kentucky. The Benson Valley facility has a gross nameplate in excess of 483,552 Dekatherms per year and is capable of processing 2,000 scfm of raw landfill gas.
Ameresco broke ground on the project in June 2022 and reached commercial operation in August 2023. As a result of this collaborative, long-term partnership, Benson Valley Landfill will reduce 27,440 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, a figure that is roughly equivalent to the carbon sequestered by planting 325,899 acres of forests or 31 million gallons of gasoline not being combusted.
Construction Commences on South Jersey Industries, OPAL Fuels and Atlantic County Utilities Authority RNG Facility
South Jersey Industries, an energy infrastructure holding company, OPAL Fuels Inc. and Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA), announced that construction has commenced on a new RNG production facility (Atlantic RNG) located at ACUA’s solid waste landfill in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Why Wall Street Is Investing in Trash: WSJ
WM, North America’s largest landfill operator, has benefitted from tax credits and other incentives from the federal government and an increased demand for recycled materials for packaging. WM launched a multi-billion dollar plan in 2022 to expand its renewable natural gas plants, automated recycling facilities and smart trucks, with investments in technology.
WSJ explains how the company that has probably dealt with your trash hopes to become more efficient and profitable while making strides in sustainability.
Renewable Gas Finds Eager Customers in Trucking
Renewable natural gas (RNG) is finding a growing customer base in US heavy-duty trucking fleets, which are seeing fairly swift cost savings, according to RNG producer and refueling specialist Opal Fuels.
"Capturing harmful methane is the single most important thing we can do to halt climate change, and we've built Opal Fuels to maximize the value of that resource in transport fuel," co-CEO Adam Comora tells Energy Intelligence in an interview. So far, the company has built 350 RNG fueling stations in the US and the choice of locations is deliberate. "Really, all the fueling infrastructure we're building is around dedicated fleets. We are not building stations where we think or hope traffic will show up."
Vision RNG Celebrates Grand Opening, Ribbon Cutting of Landfill RNG Plant in Missouri
Vision RNG and Meridian Waste recently celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the State of Missouri’s first landfill gas to RNG plant at Meridian’s Eagle Ridge Landfill in Bowling Green, Missouri.
This marks the efforts of the VRNG/Meridian Waste partnership over the past 18 months to reach this significant milestone. The plant takes LFG from the landfill, which would be otherwise flared, and converts it to a renewable energy resource. The RNG is delivered to a nearby Panhandle Eastern pipeline and sold to energy company US Energy for distribution to its customers.
Washington State Nears California GHG Market Link Decision
Washington state regulators will provide additional information about a potential linkage with the California-Quebec carbon market this week, as they near a preliminary decision on whether to pursue the plan.
The Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) on Thursday will release its preliminary criteria analysis report for linking the state's cap-and-trade program to the larger California-Quebec joint market. The criteria will continue to evolve as Quebec and California are in the process of reviewing their programs, with the final analysis report expected to be released in 2024, DOE climate pollution reduction program manager Joel Creswell said on Monday at a state Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee meeting.
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