Anaergia Signs Deals To Upgrade MSU Anaerobic Digester

Anaergia Inc., through its subsidiary, Anaergia Technologies LLC, has entered into agreements to upgrade the South Campus anaerobic digester (SCAD) located at the South Campus anaerobic digester and compost facility at Michigan State University (MSU).

The SCAD project at MSU, located in East Lansing, Mich., is one of the largest operating anaerobic digesters (ADs) on a university campus in the United States. On April 12, 2024, MSU began construction of the new MSU dairy cattle teaching and research centre. Construction is to be completed by 2026. The new facility will host 680 dairy cows. Correspondingly, the MSU SCAD needs upgrading to handle the increased amount of animal waste from the new facility. Anaergia recently completed phase 1 of the SCAD upgrade project, which involved replacing components on its plug flow digester. Anaergia is now engaged as a technology supplier in phase 2 of the upgrade for the complete-mix digester tank.

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Research Shows Rng Industry Consolidating As Major Players Announce New or Completed Projects

Despite seeing rapid growth over the past few years, 90% of the potential for landfill gas to renewable natural gas projects in North America remains untapped, according to a new report from WoodMackenzie.

Researchers at the energy analytics company estimate that RNG production capacity has nearly doubled over the last five years to about 0.3 billion cubic feet per day. But that’s still just a fraction of the 2.2 bcfd that they predict could be produced by 2050. 

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As Methane Emissions Rise, Energy Vision/Argonne National Lab Assessment Shows Rapid Growth in Renewable Natural Gas That Could Significantly Cut Them

The sustainable energy NGO Energy Vision today released its annual assessment of the US renewable natural gas (RNG) industry, conducted in collaboration with the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Tracking production facilities where part or all of the output is or will be used as transportation fuel, the assessment shows rapid growth in the number and capacity of RNG projects.

By the end of 2023 (the most recent period for which survey data is available) there were 542 such RNG production facilities, including 305 in operation, 126 under construction, and 111 planned -- an overall 33.8% increase and a 22% increase in total capacity over the previous two years, the new assessment finds.  Those 305 operational facilities had enough capacity to fuel 96,900 refuse trucks, displacing nearly 843 million gallons of diesel annually.  With another 237 RNG projects in the pipeline, rapid growth should continue.

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Q&A: WM’s Malik on the Company’s RNG Investment Strategies and Near-Future Plans

WM operates one of the largest landfill gas-to-renewable energy platforms in North America and is on an aggressive trajectory to go further.  

In this Q&A, Shahid Malik, vice president of Renewable Energy, WM, discusses goals the company aims to reach before the end of 2024 and zeros in on 2026, which is anticipated to be a major milestone.

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Methanex To Acquire OCI Global’s Methanol Business

Canada-headed Methanex Corporation (Methanex), the world's largest methanol producer has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OCI Global’s (OCI) international methanol business for US$2.05 billion. The transaction includes OCI’s interest in two world-scale methanol facilities in Beaumont, Texas (TX), one of which also produces ammonia. The transaction also includes a low-carbon methanol production and marketing business and a currently idled methanol facility in the Netherlands.

According to a statement, OCI’s methanol business enhances Methanex’s asset portfolio with highly attractive assets in a low-risk jurisdiction that has an ample and economic supply of feedstock natural gas.

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FortisBC Issues Request for Expressions of Interest for Biomass and Biogas Power Capacity

FortisBC is issuing a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) for additional power to meet its customers’ growing energy needs and support economic growth in B.C.’s Southern Interior region.

As the company identifies promising projects, FortisBC said it will work with power providers to bring these new projects online and increase the amount of electricity available for its customers.

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Gevo To Acquire Red Trail Energy Assets in North Dakota

Gevo, Inc., a leading developer of net-zero hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the ethanol production plant and carbon capture and sequestration assets of Red Trail Energy, LLC for $210 million.

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Amp Americas Dairy RNG Projects Have Reduced More Than 2 Million MT of CO2e

Amp Americas, a leading dairy methane capture and renewable natural gas (RNG) company, today announced that its projects have reduced more than 2,000,000 metric tons (MT) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions since 2012 – equivalent to the emissions of more than five natural gas-fired power plants in one year.

Amp Americas partners with dairy farmers across the United States on projects that reduce methane emissions from dairy waste. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas – 84 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in driving global warming over a 20-year time span. Amp Americas provides an immediate, measurable and at-scale solution to methane emissions by capturing methane on dairy farms that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Dairy RNG also reduces the cost of managing dairy waste and produces digestate that can be used as fertilizer.

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Maersk Starts To Dive In on Volumes of Biomethane and E-Methane for Fuel

Danish liner giant AP Moller-Maersk is looking at how to access bio-LNG and e-LNG as it prepares to grow a new LNG dual-fuelled container ship fleet.

In a session at the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum Germany 2024 at SMM week in Hamburg, Maersk head of fuel transition and infrastructure Sameer Bhatnagar said: “We have been in active discussions in sourcing e-methane and biomethane."

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Avista Issues Request for Proposals for Renewable Natural Gas

Avista, through a request for proposal (RFP), is seeking to secure renewable natural gas (RNG) resources for its customers over the long term. RNG is derived from organic waste streams that would otherwise release methane to the environment as they decompose. These sources include, for example, landfills, wastewater treatment plants, food waste and dairy waste. RNG is produced by capturing that methane that would otherwise escape to the atmosphere and purifying it to make it very similar to conventional natural gas.

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