Renewable Natural Gas Articles & Analysis

On January 8, Smithfield Foods and Duke Energy released a joint press release announcing the start of Renewable Natural Gas production at Smithfield Food’s Tar Heel NC pork processing facility. Guild Associates is proud to supply the Molecular GateTM Pressure Swing Adsorption equipment used to transform biogas into RNG in a single step process. The Smithfield Foods press release is ...

By Guild Associates, Inc.

Énergir has issued a request for information for renewable natural gas (RNG) producers. Since 2019, the Regulation Respecting the Quantity of Renewable Natural Gas to be Delivered by Distributor (c. R -6.01, r.4.3) requires gas distributors to deliver 7% of their RNG volumes for the fiscal year beginning October 2028 and 10% for the fiscal year beginning October 2030. As a key player in ...

By American Biogas Council (ABC)

The City of Lincoln, Nebraska has issued a Request for Proposals from qualified firms to finance, design, build, own, operate, and maintain a Landfill Gas to Renewable Natural Gas project and to market and monetize the output of said project from Lincoln’s Bluff Road Landfill. Read ...

By American Biogas Council (ABC)

Effective July 1, 2021, Guild Associates has joined the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas . The RNG Coalition serves as the public policy advocate and education platform for the Renewable Natural Gas industry in North America. Guild Associates joins the other major developers, financers, and equipment suppliers to advocate for and influence the future of renewable energy in the United States. ...

By Guild Associates, Inc.

Element Markets, the largest independent marketer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the United States and Canada, was recognized for its work in the renewable fuel credit markets by Environmental Finance magazine today in its 19th annual Market Rankings. Element Markets was named the “best” in two renewable identification number-related categories: Best Advisory – ...

By Element Markets LLC

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Southwest Gas jointly issued a draft solicitation yesterday (1/18) for dairy biomethane pilot projects under California Senate Bill (SB) 1383. Proposed projects must demonstrate an ability to capture and process biogas from dairy cows to produce renewable natural gas, ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Element Markets’ work in the environmental commodity markets was recognized once again by Energy Risk Magazine in its 2020 Energy Risk Awards, where Element Markets was named Emissions House of the Year. Element Markets, the most decorated environmental firm in the Energy Risk Awards over the last ten years, was named Emissions House of the Year in 2010, 2014 and 2018, and also received ...

By Element Markets LLC

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and waste management company CR&R Environmental (CR&R) recently (7/2) announced they are now injecting renewable natural gas produced at CR&R's anaerobic digestion facility in Perris, Calif., into SoCalGas pipelines. This is the first renewable natural gas produced within California to be introduced into SoCalGas' pipeline system. Renewable ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The RFS, for example, “provides opportunity for RNG projects” says Madison Le, Director of the Fuels Compliance Policy Center at the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, but there are “very prescriptive rules for biofuels” The California Air Resources Board’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards and Environmental Protection ...

By New Energy Update - Reuters Events

TECO Peoples Gas is expanding the green energy solutions for its customers with an innovative new renewable natural gas service. Natural gas comes from underneath the ground, typically through the mining of fossil fuels. By contrast, renewable natural gas (RNG) comes from organic waste – such as gases generated by landfills or water treatment plants, sometimes called biogas. Special ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Element Markets, LLC (EM) is pleased to announce that Keith Little has joined the company’s Board of Managers. Mr. Little brings over 40 years of industry involvement with extensive business development experience leading LNG, power generation, and midstream natural gas projects in the U.S., Europe, and emerging markets. Mr. Little is currently the Vice President, Business Development at ...

By Element Markets LLC

HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to make renewable natural gas using solar power, today announced that its technology can help reduce the need for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) used to access underground natural gas resources. The company’s renewable natural gas is a clean, carbon neutral methane gas that can be ...

By SunHydrogen, Inc

Canadian biogas firm and CBA member Greenlane Renewables has won an $8.3 million biogas upgrading contract for a landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) project in California. The company announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America, secured the contract with the customer whose name has not yet been revealed. Engineering work will begin immediately on the project ...

By Candadian Biogas Association

Dear readers, California is without doubt the El Dorado of renewable natural gas (RNG) development in the US. However, from a developer’s point of view there are many challenges involved, including the timeline and high costs to reach the Rule 30 gas quality standards. To shed some light into successful pipeline interconnections, New Energy Update (formerly Renewable Waste Intelligence) ...

By New Energy Update - Reuters Events

The first WAGABOX unit was commissioned on February 14, 2017 on a Coved landfill (a Paprec subsidiary) in Saint-Florentin (North France). Waga Energy thus achieved the first biomethane injection by upgrading landfill gas in Europe. This technological achievement marked the success of ten years of R&D within Air Liquide and Waga Energy. The construction of the WAGABOX unit of Saint-Florentin ...

By Waga Energy

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. – a California-based renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel provider for transportation, and BP Plc, a renowned multinational oil and gas company have reportedly announced that they have signed an agreement to boost the supply of RNG for Clean Energy. Reports cite, the boost in the supply would significantly increase Clean Energy’s vast fueling infrastructure ...

By Global Market Insights Inc.

Energy Vision and Argonne National Laboratory have released a new joint assessment of the U.S. renewable natural gas industry. The assessment reviews current and projected RNG projects. According to Energy Vision, the number of U.S. RNG projects has risen by 42% from early 2019 through 2020. Current operating capacity is over 59 million MMBtu or the equivalent of over 459 million diesel ...

By The Transport Project

Expanding the availability of renewable natural gas, leading solid waste operator Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) announced today an agreement to recover landfill gas from its North Shelby Landfill in Millington, Tennessee for multiple uses including as a vehicle fuel for its growing natural gas-powered fleet. The agreement with Clean Energy Renewable Fuels (CERF), a wholly-owned ...

By Republic Services, Inc.

Element Markets is pleased to announce the hiring of Scott O’Neill as Senior Vice President of Operations. O’Neill will lead the company’s best-in-class renewable natural gas (RNG) operations and compliance teams. Scott brings 25 years of expertise to Element Markets across a number of segments of the RNG industry, including project development, regulatory policy, methane ...

By Element Markets LLC

ACI is thrilled to announce the upcoming Future of RNG North America 2025, an exclusive two-day conference dedicated to the economic stability and sustainable growth of the Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) industry. Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, this event will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders to tackle key challenges and unlock opportunities in RNG production, utilisation, ...

By Active Communications International (ACI)