Scientific breakthroughs are shaping the future of renewable energy and waste management.
OPAL Fuels Inc. on Sept. 26 announced the opening of its third fueling station in El Centro, California, with GT Carriers Inc., a Southern California regional freight carrier. The station is expected to begin operations in December.
Policy, decarbonization goals, technological advancements and abundant feedstocks have helped drive the enormous growth the renewable natural gas industry has experienced over the past decade-plus, and potential is still vast.
Cincinnati-based Synthica Energy on Sept. 26 broke ground on a new renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in San Antonio. The facility is expected to divert 250,000 tons of waste from local landfills each year.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.has announced a new agreement with the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) to build the agency’s first private compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station.
On Sept. 25, the U.S. EPA issued two enforcement alerts addressing regulatory requirements and associated compliance issues at MSW landfills. The alerts address CAA requirements that control the release of landfill gases (LFG).
The City of Lincoln, Nebraska, on Sept. 17 issued a request for proposals seeking bids from qualified firms to finance, design, build, own, operate and maintain a landfill gas-to-RNG project at the Bluff Road Landfill.
The U.S. Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service on Sept. 18 released proposed regulations to provide guidance for the Section 30C Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit.
JBS USA, a leading global food producer, and GreenGasUSA on Sept. 17 announced a new partnership to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) at multiple JBS beef and poultry processing facilities across the U.S.
Apollo on Sept. 12 announced that Apollo-managed funds have acquired a majority interest in Freedom CNG, an owner and operator of compressed natural gas (CNG) and renewable natural gas (RNG) fueling infrastructure in Texas.
Gevo Inc. has announced the sale of approximately $20 million in investment tax credits to an undisclosed corporate buyer. This transaction monetizes IRA investment tax credits generated from the commercialization of an RNG production facility.
OPAL Fuels Inc., a vertically integrated leader in the capture and conversion of biogas into low carbon intensity RNG and renewable power, on Sept. 18 announced the sale of approximately $11.1 million of IRA investment tax credits.
Archaea Energy, a subsidiary of bp, and GFL Environmental have announced that their joint venture-owned RNG plant in Wisconsin, is now online. The facility can process up to 4,800 standard cubic feet of landfill gas per minute (scfm) into RNG.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., the largest provider of renewable natural gas (RNG) for the transportation industry has announced that it is launching a program to allow heavy-duty fleets to operate a truck equipped with the new Cummins X15N engine.
Woodland Biofuels Inc., announced a planned $1.35 billion investment at the Port of South Louisiana to establish the world's largest carbon negative renewable natural gas plant / ultra-green hydrogen facility.
Amp Americas, a leading dairy methane capture and RNG company, on Sept. 10 announced that its projects have reduced more than 2,000,000 metric tons (MT) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions since 2012.
FortisBC Inc. on Sept. 10 announced it is looking to add up to 1,100 GWh of energy supply to its portfolio as soon as 2030 from low-carbon and renewable energy sources, including biomass, biogas, hydroelectricity, solar, wind and geothermal.
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) announces a major milestone in the growth of the renewable natural gas industry, with 433 facilities now operational across North America.
Avista, a utilities company that provides electric and natural gas services to areas in Washington, Idaho and Oregon, on Sept. 3 issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking to secure a long-term supply of renewable natural gas (RNG).
PuriFire Energy has successfully closed a £2.7 million (US$3.5 million) seed round investment. The company is developing technology to convert anaerobic digestion liquid digestate and other wet feedstocks into green methanol.
Anaergia Inc.’s, subsidiary, Anaergia Singapore Pte. Ltd., has received a letter of award from New Jeju Bio Co. Ltd. to design and build the Jeju Bio Energy Biogas Plant, a 2 MW facility planned for development in Jeju Island, South Korea.
The Washington State Conservation Commission has awarded researchers from Washington State University Tri-Cities $200,000 to test a new process for managing manure that could significantly boost biogas production.
Primoris Services Corp. and Venture Engineering & Construction Inc. have entered a strategic teaming agreement to pursue emerging opportunities in the renewable energy, general industrial, and associated gas processing facilities markets.
HoSt Bio-Energy Systems North America and Bright Renewables North America have been selected to provide renewable natural gas (RNG) technologies for Global NRG Renewables' distillery waste-to-RNG project in Louisville, Kentucky.
Viking Line will celebrate Baltic Sea Day by introducing the first green corridor ever on the Baltic Sea. The Viking Glory and Viking Grace vessels will only use liquefied biogas (LBG) as a fuel from Aug. 29 to Sept. 4.
GreenGasUSA and Wayne-Sanderson Farms announce a collaboration to produce RNG at a portfolio of Wayne-Sanderson Farms facilities across the U.S by leveraging existing wastewater treatment and biogas assets to bring pipeline quality RNG to market.
On Aug. 20, Archaea Energy, a subsidiary of bp, and Waste Connections Inc. celebrated the opening of their first renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Pennsylvania. The facility can produce enough RNG to heat more than 14,000 homes annually.
Hexagon Agility, a subsidiary of Hexagon Composites, has received orders for renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel systems from a major refuse fleet in North America. The orders have a total value of $18.7 million.
The Washington Department of Ecology is seeking applications for up to $15 million in grant funding to support projects to help reduce the amount of methane escaping from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills.
The USDA on Aug. 16 announced the award of $860,895 in grant funding under the Rural Energy for America program to support the development of a dairy renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Minnesota.
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