In Texas, OCI Global has entered into a long-term agreement with Waga Energy to upgrade landfill gas to RNG at the City of Beaumont Landfill in Texas. Since 2010, OCI Global has been part of the Beaumont community. The company is currently building Texas Blue Clean Ammonia – its new low carbon ammonia facility due […]
In India, ONGC and EverEnviro Resource Management, a developer of compressed biogas (RNG) in India, have formed a 50-50 joint venture (JV) to set up 10 Compressed Biogas (CBG) plants across India. These plants are expected to reduce India’s reliance on imported gas and boost domestic renewable energy production. The JV between ONGC and EverEnviro […]
In Texas, bp’s Archaea Energy announced the official startup of its largest original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas plant to date in Shawnee, Kansas, just outside of Kansas City. The plant, which is fully-owned by Archaea, is located next to a large, privately-owned landfill. Using the AMD, the Shawnee plant captures the gas […]
In France, TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables, a U.S. specialist in farm-based organics-to-renewable natural gas production and a portfolio company of a fund managed by BlackRock’s Diversified Infrastructure business, have signed an agreement to create an equally owned joint venture to develop, build, and operate Farm Powered renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in the United States. […]
In Florida, Nopetro Renewables, a developer and operator of renewable natural gas projects across North America, announced that it broke ground on Southern Florida’s first landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Indian River County. The $40M facility in Vero Beach, named Vero Beach Nopetro Eco District, is estimated to initially produce 3 […]
In Canada, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) issued its decision on FortisBC Energy Inc.’s (FortisBC) revised Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) program. In its application, FortisBC indicated that the proposals in its revised RNG program were developed to fulfill three objectives: meet provincial CleanBC Roadmap targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions while balancing RNG […]
A high production cost of renewable natural gas results from slow disintegration and hydrolysis of recalcitrant feedstocks in conventional AD leads to low productivity; low methane content of biogas produced from AD requires downstream purification; and waste rich in protein that results in high ammonia concentration that inhibits the process. A team of researchers led […]
In Canada, EverGen announced a significant milestone in Renewable Natural Gas production at the newly completed expansion of the Fraser Valley Biogas facility. Following extensive facility enhancements, EverGen says the facility achieved new single-day and monthly production records, supporting the growing demand for RNG in the province. The successful and seamless integration of new feedstock […]
In Pennsylvania, The Valley Lodger reported that Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) and UGI Energy Services (UGIES) announced a partnership to use Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) to power the eighty-plus buses in LANTA’s fleet. The agreement between LANTA and UGIES calls for the Authority to purchase Pennsylvania-sourced clean biogas fed into the system from […]
In Washington, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) push, the U.S. Department of Treasury agreed to revise its proposed rules for implementing the revised Section 48 Investment Tax Credit (ITC) of the Inflation Reduction Act to ensure the final language promotes the conversion of biogas into renewable natural gas to support American manufacturing innovation, the waste […]
