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USDA Faces Flood of Suggestions on Climate-Smart Biofuels
The Biden administration’s request for input on reducing greenhouse gases through biofuels has brought a deluge of suggestions — and reinforced some familiar battle lines.
Groups representing renewable fuels urged the Department of Agriculture to take a broader view of farm practices that can cut emissions, while some environmental groups pushed for a turn away from crop-based fuels altogether.
Clean Energy’s Latest RNG Production Facility at Minnesota Dairy Begins Injecting Into Pipeline
Clean Energy Fuels announced that it has completed its latest renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility at Ash Grove Dairy in Lake Benton, MN. Now producing pipeline quality RNG and injecting it into the interstate natural gas pipeline grid, the facility is projected to supply up to 480,000 gasoline gallon equivalent (GGEs) of negative carbon-intensity RNG annually when at full capacity and will provide Clean Energy’s stations with clean-burning fuel for its commercial transportation fleet customers.
Located on a 55-acre site, Ash Grove Dairy is a multigenerational dairy farm home to more than 2,000 milking cows which produce milk, cheese, yoghurt and now clean RNG. The freestanding one-digester facility will process up to 60,000 gallons of manure each day, capture its harmful methane and prevent it from entering the atmosphere. This biogas will be converted into an estimated 165 MMBtus of RNG every day.
France Offers $1.6 Billion Aid To Grow Biomethane Production
The European Commission has approved a French proposal to provide EUR 1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) in government assistance for renewable natural gas production projects in the country.
The package caters to new installations with an expected annual biomethane production capacity of over 25 gigawatt hours a year, the Commission said in a statement. Beneficiaries will be selected through competitive bidding.
IndustryVoice: How Viridi Energy is Helping Reimagine the Business of RNG
The burgeoning renewable natural gas (RNG) industry is entering a new phase, and Viridi Energy is one of the forerunners leading its evolution.
This “RNG 2.0” era is reflected in the industry’s growing scale, proven technologies, and more economical and successful projects. Such projects have been further boosted by favorable federal incentives, including the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – which Viridi President and COO Chet Benham says have served as a catalyst in pushing meaningful RNG infrastructure projects forward.
San Antonio To Transform Food Waste Into Renewable Energy With New Synthica Energy Facility
A new, first-of-its-kind facility coming to San Antonio will convert up to 250,000 tons of industrial organic waste each year into renewable natural gas.
Earlier this month the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an air quality permit for Synthica Energy, paving the way for the Cincinatti-based company to break ground on an anaerobic digestion facility in San Antonio later this year.
Clean Energy Opens New Clean-Fuel RNG Station in Florida
Clean Energy Fuels Corporation, the largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, has announced the opening of its latest renewable natural gas (RNG) fueling station in Davenport, Florida.
The site now provides RNG to heavy-duty trucking and other fleets operating busy routes around Highway 27, Interstate 4 and the Florida Turnpike area. RNG is a fuel made entirely from organic waste and drastically reduces carbon emissions by an average of 300% compared to diesel.
Opinion | More Digesters Could Mitigate Methane Problem
You may know by now that methane is a strong greenhouse gas and, by some estimations, has caused 30% of global warming since the Industrial Revolution. That’s why hundreds of countries, including the U.S., have committed to cutting methane emissions at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030. And you may also know that dairy farms emit methane, both from cow burps and manure.
Some people are eating fewer dairy products hoping to do their part, and if that’s for you, please go ahead. But it’s doubtful that enough people will change their eating habits to make a dent in reducing methane emissions from dairies. We need other solutions.
U.S. Clean Energy Tax Credit Market To Reach $25 Billion in 2024
A flourishing new market has grown out of the key policy changes set forth by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, making more capital available for clean energy developers. The IRA created a pathway for clean energy developers to sell their federal tax credits to third parties in exchange for cash, thereby accelerating investment. The first transactions under this new provision occurred in January 2023.
Tax credit transfer marketplace operator Crux released a mid-year Market Intelligence Report, noting a larger-than-expected market for tax credit sales in 2024. Crux tracked $6.8 billion specific transactions in the first half of 2024, corresponding to an estimated $9 billion to $11 billion of transactions closed so far this year nationwide.
ISU Study Explores Win–Win Potential of Grass-Powered Energy Production
Strategically planting perennial grass throughout corn and soybean fields helps address the unintended environmental consequences of growing the dominant row crops, including soil erosion, fertilizer runoff and greenhouse gas emissions.
But converting portions of farmland back to prairie has to make financial sense for farmers, which is why a research team led by Iowa State University landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore has spent the past six years studying how to efficiently turn harvested grass into lucrative renewable natural gas.
Green Impact Partners Finalizes Its Carbon Credit Pathways for the Future Energy Park
Green Impact Partners has finalized carbon credit pathways under Alberta's TIER program for its Future Energy Park project in Calgary. The company has also secured agreements to sequester biogenic CO2 from the facility. This milestone confirms the project's anticipated revenue profile and economics, positioning it for debt financing.
The Future Energy Park will be North America's largest carbon-negative biofuels facility, using non-food grade wheat to produce ethanol and renewable natural gas (RNG).