General session speakers announced for 17th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo
By BBI International
January 26, 2024
Biomass Magazine has announced the general session speakers for the 17th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo taking place March 4-6, 2024 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia.
Aemetis Inc., an RNG and renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced on Jan. 23 the recognition of revenues from its first sale of California LCFS credits generated by its subsidiary, Aemetis Biogas LLC.
Sumitomo Corp. Europe Ltd. (SCEU) and Inherit Carbon Solutions AS jointly announce that Sumitomo Corp. has made a strategic investment in Inherit, a pioneer in biomass-derived carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
The USDA on Jan. 22 announced it is investing $207 million in 682 renewable energy and domestic fertilizer projects through the Rural Energy for American Program and Fertilizer Production Expansion Program.
Ag-Grid Energy LLC has begun operations at its anaerobic digester at Lent Hill Dairy Farm in Cohocton, New York. A partnership between Ag-Grid and Lent Hill, the digester is Ag-Grid Energy’s fifth operating waste-to-energy facility.
OptiFuel Systems has announced that it will begin testing a prototype 5600 hp Total-Zero Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Line Haul Locomotive and 2500 hp Total-Zero Powered Tender with 7,500 DGE (diesel gallon equivalent) capacity, in January 2025.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced that it has completed a new RNG production facility at Drumgoon Dairy in Lake Norden, South Dakota. The 6,500-cow dairy farm is expected to supply 1.66 million gallons of negative carbon-intensity RNG annually.
Legislation currently pending in Florida aims to promote the development of renewable natural gas (RNG) production within the state by allowing utility companies to recover certain costs associated with the development of RNG infrastructure projects.
Spire and KC Water are partnering on Kansas City, Missouri's first renewable natural gas (RNG) facility, a project that will capture methane emissions from the wastewater treatment process to generate renewable energy.
Waga Energy has signed a commercial agreement with Decatur Hills Landfill, one of the landfills associated with Best Way Disposal, a family-owned waste management company based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to produce RNG at the Greensburg landfill.
Alberta-based Green Impact Partners on Jan. 2 announced it has executed the final purchase and sale agreement for the investment tax credits (ITCs) for GreenGas Colorado, a 360,000 MMBtu per year RNG project located in Weld County, Colorado.
The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS on Dec. 22 released proposed regulations for the clean hydrogen tax credit created by the Inflation Reduction Act. The guidance, in part, addresses the production of clean hydrogen using biomass and biogas.
SJI, Captona, and RNG Energy Solutions on Dec. 20 announced their partnership to construct one of the largest food waste-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in the United States. The facility will be located in Linden, New Jersey.
Anaergia Inc. on Dec. 27 announced it has entered into a definitive agreement for a sale of US$15.6 million of Inflation Reduction Act investment tax credits generated by its subsidiary, Rhode Island Bioenergy Facility Holdco LLC.
EverGen Infrastructure Corp. announces the successful completion of the Fraser Valley Biogas expansion and the delivery of first gas injection. The facility is now expected to produce 160,000 gigajoules of RNG annually.
Waga Energy, a specialist in the production of renewable natural gas (RNG) from landfill gas, and Matrec-GFL, a division of GFL Environmental Inc, have commissioned a RNG production unit at a closed landfill in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada.
More than 200 organizations on Dec. 13 sent a letter to federal lawamakers urging passage of the Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act, which aims to create a $1 per gallon tax credit for the sale of RNG used in transportation.
Enchanted Rock and U.S. Energy have announced a partnership to procure renewable natural gas (RNG) for Microsoft's new data center in San Jose during grid outages and when California's Base Interruptible Power (BIP) is activated.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced that it has entered into a six-year $300 million senior secured term loan with Stonepeak. The financing will provide Clean Energy with capital for new RNG projects and fueling infrastructure.
Wärtsilä will supply, install, commission and start-up the biogas upgrading and liquefaction units for a Swedish bioLNG plant. The new plant is an extension of an existing biomethane and bioLNG plant supplied earlier by the company.
Renewables are currently expected to account for 24 percent of U.S. renewable electricity generation in 2024, up from 22 percent in 2023 and 21 percent in 2022, according to the U.S. EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook.
Hawaiian Electric’s proposal to replace six fossil-fuel generators at its Waiau Power Plant with efficient flex-fuel units that can be fueled with biodiesel, renewable gas or hydrogen will advance to the next phase of an energy procurement process.
Synthica Energy has received an Air Quality Permit from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for its new RNG facility in Rome, Georgia. The company expects to break ground on the project in Q2 2024 and begin operations in late 2025.
Green Impact Partners Inc. has received approval from the Alberta government for construction and operation of the Future Energy Park, a biorefinery that will produce RNG, low-carbon ethanol and wet distillers grains.
Biomass Magazine on Dec. 6 released the agenda for the 17th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo taking place March 4-6, 2024 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia.
Burnham RNG announced on Dec. 4 that a fund managed by Ares Management's Infrastructure Opportunities strategy has made a strategic investment to acquire the company from Edge Natural Resources.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Nov. 28 signed a package of clean energy and climate action legislation, including a bill that creates a clean energy standard requiring the state to produce 100 percent of its energy from clean sources by 2040.
SoCalGas announced on Nov. 30 that an innovative technology developed by UCLA researchers that uses renewable solar energy and biogas to produce hydrogen and high-quality cylindrical graphite is on display at COP 28.
A coalition of over 20 organizations and companies launched the Partnership for Electric Pathways to work with the U.S. EPA to secure a viable pathway for renewable electricity to get credit under EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard program.
Aemetis Inc. announced that the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors has approved the California Environmental Quality Act analysis for Aemetis Biogas LLC to extend its biogas pipeline by an additional 24 miles using the public right of way.
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