Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced on Nov. 21 the opening of a new renewable natural gas (RNG) station in Baltimore. The new station sits on almost 20 acres and includes four fast-fill dispensers for easy in-and-out fueling of RNG.
The U.S. DOE has announced its intent to issue a funding opportunity announcement to support the development of community planning and strategies for converting organic waste into feedstock for various clean transportation fuel products.
Vision RNG and Waste Connections are partnering on a project to convert LFG to RNG at Waste Connections’ Southern Plains landfill in Grady County, Oklahoma. The agreement includes an option to build two additional RNG facilities at other landfills.
Ammongas has announced the successful installation of a biogas upgrading facility at Allen Farms, in the state of New York. The facility is the first in a series of four planned for development by Cayuga RNG Holdings LLC.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration currently expects renewables to account for 22 percent of U.S. electricity generation this year, increasing to 24 percent next year, according to the agency’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook.
EverGen Infrastructure Corp. has announced the signing of a 10-year offtake agreement with Irving Oil Ltd. for the supply of renewable natural gas (RNG) produced at the Grow the Energy Circle Ltd. facility (GrowTEC).
EVENSOL LLC has announced that two renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities the company developed in North Carolina are now operational. Both facilities convert landfill gas from Republic Services' landfills into RNG.
Enbridge has announced the purchase of seven operating U.S. landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities from Morrow Renewables. The portfolio is worth $1.2 billion and includes six projects in Texas and one in Arkansas.
Vision RNG and WIN Waste Innovations are partnering to build two projects to convert LFG to RNG, at WIN Waste’s Seneca County landfill in Seneca County, Ohio, and its Tunnel Hill Reclamation landfill in Perry County, Ohio.
The U.S. EPA has announced $4.6 million in grant funding to five institutions for research to quantify and mitigate emissions from MSW landfills. Historically, there has been a limited ability to understand and quantify landfill gas emissions.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and TotalEnergies SE have announced that RNG from Del Rio Dairy in Friona, Texas, recently began generating D3 RINs credits under the RFS as well as credits through Oregon’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) program.
EverGen Infrastructure Corp. has announced the Fraser Valley Biogas RNG Expansion Project is now mechanically complete. The expansion project includes improvements to feedstock processing, a new RNG upgrader and a third anaerobic digester.
Understanding the risks of anaerobic digester hydrogen sulfide accumulation can improve safety and efficiency at renewable natural gas facilities.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has begun the process to purchase California-produced renewable natural gas (RNG) for residential and small commercial customers. The company is also announcing a new biomass-to-RNG project.
South Jersey Industries, OPAL Fuels Inc., and Atlantic County Utilities Authority have announced that construction has commenced on a new RNG production facility located at ACUA’s solid waste landfill in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
The USDA on Oct. 23 released a report on carbon markets that provides a comprehensive look at current market activity, barriers to participation, and opportunities to improve access to carbon markets for farmers and forest landowners.
Two new reports released by the U.S. EPA on Oct 19, in part, highlight the opportunity anaerobic digestion and biogas production offer in mitigating the environmental impacts of food waste and reducing associated methane emissions.
Ameresco Inc. on Oct. 19 announced that it achieved commercial operation at its landfill gas to RNG plant at Republic Services’ Benson Valley Landfill in Frankfort, Kentucky. The facility is capable of processing 2,000 scfm of raw landfill gas.
Chester County Solid Waste Authority (CCSWA) in Pennsylvania is embracing energy transition in partnership with Waga Energy. The CCSWA selected Waga Energy through a competitive bidding process to produce biomethane from waste on local landfill site.
On Oct. 12, Vision RNG and Meridian Waste celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the State of Missouri’s first landfill gas (LFG) to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at Meridian’s Eagle Ridge Landfill in Bowling Green, Missouri.
Renewables are expected to account for 25 percent of U.S. electricity generation next year, up from 22 percent in 2023, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Oct. 11.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality has issued a Title V air quality permit to Sapphire Renewable Natural Gas. The company plans to accept and process landfill gas onsite at Sampson County Disposal LLC in Roseboro.
Aemetis Inc. on Oct. 9 announced the receipt of $53 million of cash, after transaction costs and buyer discount, from the sale of $63 million of Inflation Reduction Act investment tax credits generated by its subsidiary, Aemetis Biogas LLC.
Greenlane Renewables Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at $35.3 million (US$26.2 million) by a leading environmental services company in Brazil that is investing in a portfolio of landfill assets across the country to produce biomethane.
Biomass continued to be the second largest source of renewable electricity in the U.K. last year, trailing only offshore and onshore wind, according to a report released by the U.K. Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology on Oct. 4.
A group of 11 senators on Sept. 18 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan expressing disappointment that the agency has failed to finalize regulations that would allow biogas-based electricity to participate in the RFS.
bp’s Archaea Energy has announced the official startup of its original Archaea modular design (AMD) RNG plant in Medora, Indiana. This is the first plant to come online since bp’s acquisition of Archaea in December 2022.
The Washington State Department of Commerce on Sept. 26 awarded a combined $4.76 million from the state’s Clean Energy Fund to seven clean energy projects. Several of the awards support the development of biogas projects.
Aemetis Inc. closed the sale of $53 million of IRA investment tax credits generated by its subsidiary Aemetis Biogas LLC to a corporate purchaser on Sept. 29, 2023. The Section 48 investment tax credits were generated from biogas projects.
Sam Wade, director of public policy at the RNG Coalition, calls on the California Air Resources Board to stay the course and support effective methane measures currently supported the state’s LCFS as the agency updates the program.
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