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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Sale of Fort Worth’s Landfill Gas Could Earn City up to $5 Million per Year
Fort Worth could earn up to $5 million per year from the sale of natural gas captured from the Southeast Landfill, according to estimates from city officials.
At an Aug. 6 work session, Cody Whittenburg, the city’s environmental services director, briefed City Council members on ongoing efforts to develop a renewable natural gas facility. After more than a year of developing plans, Whittenburg’s team has recommended partnering with Archaea Energy, a Houston-based renewable natural gas producer and subsidiary of BP.
SJI and Opal Fuels Commence Construction on Burlington RNG Facility
In New York, Opal Fuels announced South Jersey Industries and OPAL have begun construction on a renewable natural gas production facility at the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex in Florence Township, New Jersey. This marks the second collaboration between the two companies to develop and operate RNG facilities.
The facility, with an annual design capacity of nearly 0.92 million MMBtus, will capture methane from the landfill and convert it into RNG. This will produce approximately 6.5 million gas gallons equivalent annually, significantly reducing emissions from heavy-duty trucks and lowering fuel costs. The project is expected to displace over 530,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year once fully operational.
Grants, Loans, and Funding Available for Digesters
Join Penn State Extension for our final installment of the C-CHANGE summer webinar series with the Grants, Loans and Funding Available for Digesters webinar. Interested in the opportunities and benefits that anaerobic digesters can offer but not sure what resources are available to help build them? This webinar explores the various funding options available to support digester projects.
Mary Akingbasote, a Graduate Extension Assistant of the Department of Agricultural and biological and engineering and will be leading the discussion with an overview of loan opportunities, federal and state opportunities. Extension educator Joe Conklin will cover the great opportunities offered to digester projects through the Inflation Reduction Act and Rural Energy for America Program. Last but not least Tim Peters USDA, NCRS State Conservation Engineer will discuss how the Environmental Quality Incentives Program can be used for digesters.
Verbio Seeks DoE Approval To Export US Bio-LNG to Europe
A unit of German biofuels producer Verbio is seeking long-term and short-term authorization from the US Department of Energy to export bio-LNG via US small-scale liquefaction facilities mainly to Europe.
Anaergia to Upgrade City of Riverside, California, Facility to Produce Renewable Natural Gas
Anaergia announced today that its subsidiary, Anaergia Technologies, has entered into a technology supply contract with the City of Riverside, California, to upgrade anaerobic digestion wastewater infrastructure at the Riverside Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) with Anaergia technology that will produce RNG from organic waste and sewage sludge.
The technology supply contract, valued at approximately C$13 million over its term, is intended to support the development of an RNG facility by another Anaergia subsidiary under an existing long-term lease with the City. Funding by the City is expected to be supported, in part, by grants from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (Calrecycle) and federal incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act.
RNG: Bridging The Gap Between Sustainability And Profitability
The renewable natural gas (RNG) market in the United States holds immense promise as a potential opportunity to address climate change and stimulate economic development. RNG is a dependable energy source that can be seamlessly integrated with traditional natural gas, reducing carbon emissions in municipalities and the corporate, education and transportation sectors. This industry has experienced significant growth, driven by government initiatives encouraging environmental sustainability and fostering innovation.
I believe the RNG market in the U.S. presents great potential for farmers, investors and forward-thinking enterprises. As someone who heads a cleantech infrastructure fund that researches the latest investment opportunities in green energy, I will demonstrate how, by delving into this growing industry, we can uncover various possibilities and obstacles that need to be tackled to attain RNG's full potential.
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.
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