Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) today announced that 64 percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in calendar year 2021 was renewable natural gas (RNG).&nbsp;&nbsp;
Captured above ground from organic material in&nbsp;agricultural, wastewater, landfill, or food waste, RNG can produce carbon-negative results when fueling on-road vehicles like short- and long-haul trucks, transit buses, and refuse and recycling collection vehicles.&nbsp;&nbsp;California Air Resources Board data confirms that the annual average carbon intensity (CI) value of California&rsquo;s bio-CNG vehicle fuel portfolio in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program was carbon negative and below zero at -44.41 gCO2e/MJ for calendar year 2021.
RNG use as a transportation fuel grew 13 percent over 2020 volumes, up 234 percent from 2017 levels.&nbsp;&nbsp;NGVAmerica and RNG Coalition report that in 2021 a total of 610 million gallons (GGE)&nbsp;of natural gas were used as motor fuel.&nbsp;&nbsp;Of that, 390 million gallons (GGE) were from renewable sources.
&ldquo;Transitioning to renewable natural gas-fueled vehicles is the most affordable and immediate climate positive change a fleet can make today,&rdquo; said Dan Gage, president of NGVAmerica.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;With current savings of up to $2.60/gallon or more over diesel, fleets can slash annual fueling costs while virtually eliminating NOx and particulate matter emissions and decarbonizing their freighting operations.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Renewable Natural Gas supply is growing,&rdquo; said Johannes Escudero, founder and CEO of Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas. &ldquo;With 250 RNG facilities transforming waste into fuel, and another 237 facilities on the way, we are increasingly able to affordably offer consumers the opportunity to decarbonize with RNG - the cleanest of any fuel available today.&rdquo;&nbsp;
RNG use as a motor fuel in 2021 displaced 3.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).&nbsp;&nbsp;Put into perspective, RNG motor fuel use last year:<a href="http://www.biomassmagazine.com/posts/" target="_blank">[4]</a>
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&bull;Lowered greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to removing the GHG from over&nbsp;9.4 billion&nbsp;miles driven by the average passenger car;
&bull;Eliminated CO2&nbsp;emissions, equivalent to removing CO2&nbsp;emissions from more than&nbsp;427 million&nbsp;gallons of gasoline consumed; and&nbsp;
&bull;Sequestered carbon, equal to growing close to&nbsp;63 million&nbsp;tree seedlings for ten years, or&nbsp;4.5 million&nbsp;acres of U.S. forests for one year.
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Details of today&rsquo;s report &ndash; including graphics &ndash; can be accessed at: NGVAmerica&rsquo;s website&nbsp;<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ICWJ9zlqJRHUyeeIXdFGHPpu6s-SwaDbkWT3Na3ODSLjb0zUvIIjUkZ9VdxwY6Pk9m95CXfGvXK2maiUtxMU3zSIzY4Ntj4hR3o4aSdBCR14TbrvfWHmZYTjEliJSqEFUBDQ9Ms5sEKyQwkqa9NEnVoIOeimY1wuppNK6aRljBP02bQSsQdTUTgZ1jlrZ1qNwdlrSxXquyo1Iqh5Q8wsgFbzWW65liacE9Y7-VZwng8=&amp;c=UCB_rgwALWP45wZ56Vu2ttqXflg7gU-ahbMU9XTPkEdnp04eeXgzDA==&amp;ch=SBOULLxvJLS9DmH6DyABnp0nqcYWr8OQxtI2VjCEje_Dcfq_y28BvQ==" target="_blank">HERE</a>&nbsp;and RNG Coalition&rsquo;s website&nbsp;<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ICWJ9zlqJRHUyeeIXdFGHPpu6s-SwaDbkWT3Na3ODSLjb0zUvIIjUrRO5zoAToo90iBikuxoOCBPDH0VPDQmZThvGElFX0ZmCo_P6JhGF_RGiLV_qp65VF0GMwDoQ6GUncC0UsOFwBQEKa4x_I8iwg==&amp;c=UCB_rgwALWP45wZ56Vu2ttqXflg7gU-ahbMU9XTPkEdnp04eeXgzDA==&amp;ch=SBOULLxvJLS9DmH6DyABnp0nqcYWr8OQxtI2VjCEje_Dcfq_y28BvQ==" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
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SOURCE: Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas

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Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) on May 3 announced that 64 percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in calendar year 2021 was renewable natural gas (RNG).  



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