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by Fridah Chomba and Victor Muchiri (Kenya News Agency) Kiambu is an agriculture-based County that has adopted Biogas as a renewable source of energy. Biogas is affordable, reliable and environmentally friendly. As one of the top five leading counties in dairy farming over the last 5 years, most farmers have
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(Clean Energy Fuels Corp./Business Wire) The Groveport station is first of 19 under agreement with Amazon — Clean Energy’s new station in Groveport, OH will provide renewable natural gas, a fuel produced from organic waste, to Amazon trucks and other fleets. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of
October 1, 2022
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(Aemetis/Globe Newswire) Transitioning From Diesel Fuel to Carbon Negative RNG, Aemetis and the American Power Group Demonstrated a Dual Fuel System to Reduce Carbon and Tailpipe Emissions Within Existing Diesel Fleets Using Lower Cost RNG Fuel–Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable natural gas (RNG) and renewable fuels company focused on
September 29, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Methane! We’ve been shouting it from the rooftops for some time — methane is the future! Made from dairy waste and municipal solid waste, primarily, it’s become the fastest route to carbon jitigation because all that potential methane avoids the atmosphere and insteads finds applications
September 28, 2022
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by Grace van Deelen, Emma Foehringer Merchant (Inside Climate News) State funding intended to lower emissions on dairy farms is largely lining the pockets of two enterprises with diverse ties to oil and gas ventures or renewable fuels companies. Is that investment helping to preserve a reliance on fossil fuels?
September 27, 2022
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(Novilla RNG/Biomass Magazine) Red Leaf RNG LLC, a subsidiary of Novilla Investment Holdings LLC, announced on Sept. 12 the beginning of construction of its first dairy renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Michigan at Maple Row Dairy. The partnership project with Maple Row Dairy in Saranac, Michigan, will use biogas from
September 23, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) News has arrived from Washington that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity. It’s become the US Department of Action, as it turns out, the grand ol’ USDA. Big wins
September 20, 2022
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(Punjab News Express) Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government has constituted a task force to discuss and create enabling mechanism for off-take of Fermented Organic Manure (FOM) generated from Compressed Biogas (CBG) projects based on agro-residue in the State, said Mr. Aman Arora, Minister for New and Renewable Energy
September 19, 2022
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(Gevo) Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is pleased to announce the groundbreaking of its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility, Net-Zero 1 (NZ1). Gevo’s management team was joined today by government officials, representatives from partner companies and customers, business leaders, local farmers, and members of the media to ceremoniously break ground.
September 19, 2022
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by Andrew Baker (Natural Gas Intelligence) Decarbonizing natural gas consumption is considerably more complex than doing so for electricity, but U.S. gas suppliers are up for the challenge, industry players said this week. … The ultimate goal to neutralize the climate-warming impact of natural gas is large-scale deployment of low-carbon
September 15, 2022
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(Wine Industry Advisor/FPT Powertrain Technologies) Highlight: biomethane-fueled New Holland TK Methane Power crawler tractor — For the second consecutive year, FPT Industrial took a leading role at the Grape Harvest Festival held on the 10th of September in the evocative setting of the Fontanafredda wine estate in Serralunga d’Alba in
September 14, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Biogas is an ancient thing, organisms have been making it for millenia – only in recent decades have we learned to capture and use it to generate on-site heat and power. … … This is the supply of methane as an intermediate feedstock for the
September 13, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) These slides were presented by Digest editor Jim Lane as part of the ABLC CONNECT episode on Feedstocks and the Bioeconomy Supply-Chain. Here, we explore the available volumes, prices, and distribution of key existing feedstock types, and we look at the R&D pipeline to see
September 12, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … Aemetis completed the installation and commissioning at the Keyes ethanol plant in California of the first Mitsubishi ZEBREX system in North America, reducing energy costs and increasing biofuel value by more than $5 million per year. The details No, a Zebrex is not a Zebra
September 8, 2022
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(UGI/Business Wire) -UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) announced today that Cayuga RNG has entered into an agreement to develop its fourth project to produce renewable natural gas (“RNG”) in upstate New York. Cayuga RNG is a joint venture of UGI Energy Services, LLC (“UGIES”), a subsidiary of UGI, and Global Common Ventures, LLC
September 7, 2022
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by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A public comment period on Washington’s proposed Clean Fuel Standard closed Aug. 31. The program aims to incentivize fuel suppliers to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 20 percent by 2038. Washington Gov. Ray Inslee signed a bill establishing the CFS in May
September 2, 2022
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(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a $200,000 grant to the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA) to support anaerobic digestion technology in 11 states in the Northeast, New England the Mid-Atlantic, including New Jersey and New York. NEWMOA has partnered with the Northeast Recycling
August 31, 2022
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(Clean Energy Fuels Corp./Business Wire) Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, announced new supply deals for renewable natural gas (RNG), as it forges ahead with development projects to meet the growing demand for the sustainable fuel made from organic waste. “As
August 31, 2022
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by Marc Heller (E&E News/Climatewire) After almost two decades making power from manure, Jon Patterson is done. The electric generator he installed on his dairy farm in upstate New York’s Finger Lakes region in the late 2000s sits idle while he contemplates more promising ways to make money from the back
August 31, 2022
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by Sam Chambers (Splash 247) Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is looking at converting waste onboard into energy. Japan’s second largest shipping line by dwt has invested in Sustainable Energy, which operates an energy supply business using unused resources such as flammable waste generated in cities. Sustainable Energy has developed its own
August 29, 2022
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(Biomass Magazine) The Landmark Inflation Reduction Act: What’s in it for Biogas/Renewable Natural Gas? Featuring Patrick Serfass, Executive Director, American Biogas Council Interviewed by Anna Simet, editor of Biomass Magazine. LISTEN
August 25, 2022
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Jan Liebetrau (Task 37) & Uwe Fritsche (Task 40) (International Energy Agency/IEA-Bioenergy) Decarbonization is about much more than electricity which only accounts for about 20% of the global final energy demand: Which technologies will be employed to decarbonize the hard-to-abate sectors such as long-range heavy-duty transport, high-temperature industrial heat, fertiliser
August 25, 2022
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(Liberty/PR Newswire) Furthering net zero goals with four RNG sites in Wisconsin and hydrogen consortium in New York — Liberty (RNG), LLC (“Liberty”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (“AQN”) (TSX: AQN) (NYSE: AQN) , announced today the recent completion of its acquisition of Sandhill Advanced Biofuels, LLC (“Sandhill”). Sandhill
August 22, 2022
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(Vermont Law and Graduate School) Manure biogas systems might seem like an easy, profitable, and beneficial method of climate change mitigation in the animal agriculture industry. But what does relying solely on manure biogas leave out of the picture? Globally, animal agriculture contributes approximately 20 percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,
August 18, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week on ABLC CONNECT, we networked and exchanged information about the world of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and as part of the proceedings, we had the State of Sustainable Aviation Fuel presentation. The slides are here. READ MORE Recording: THE STATE OF SAF – Markets,
August 15, 2022
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by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) Gevo Inc. plans to host a groundbreaking ceremony in September to kick off the initial site work phase at its proposed Net Zero 1 facility under development in Lake Preston, South Dakota, according to comments made by CEO Patrick Gruber during a second quarter earnings call
August 10, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It’s been more than 10 years since the celebrated IPOs of Amyris, Codexis and Gevo showed that the second wave of industrial biotechnology (after the first wave of ethanol companies) was producing mature companies of size and substance. Since then, the crash of oil prices in
August 10, 2022
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by Erik F. Ringle (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) A critical pathway for producing large quantities of low- to negative-carbon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is en route to market following a collaborative research and development agreement between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Alder Fuels. The technology—an advanced pyrolysis process that
August 9, 2022
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(Brightmark/Biomass Magazine) Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC – a joint venture partnership between Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., and Brightmark Fund Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Brightmark LLC, the global waste solutions provider – delivered first gas at its Athena project in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. The project is
August 8, 2022
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by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Argentina, Clarin reports the Buenos Aires Ministry of Production, Science and Technological Innovation, the work cooperatives grouped within the Argentine Confederation of Associated Cooperative Workers (CONARCOOP) and the municipality of Bragado will carry out a joint project to breed the black soldier fly, a variety of the
July 29, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … The biogas frenzy of course is a happier story. It seems every company in the world has discovered the virtues of decarbonization but few have mastered the logistics, global footprint, capital and technology to convert reams of daily and agricultural waste to replace fossil fuels
July 25, 2022
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by Cole Rosengren (Utlity Dive) • Vanguard Renewables, a Massachusetts-based anaerobic digestion company, has been acquired by a fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets. Vanguard was sold by Vision Ridge Partners, which had invested in the company’s growth since its founding in 2014. According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal
July 22, 2022
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(National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)) According to preliminary results of a study carried out by the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) together with private consultants, the generation of biogas achieved an average reduction of 98.5% of greenhouse gases, compared to power generation as standard (from fossil fuels). The calculation
July 21, 2022
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(BioCycle Magazine) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the final Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2020, 2021 and 2022 in early June. … Biogas generated by anaerobic digestion qualifies as either a cellulosic biofuel (D3) or a non-cellulosic advanced biofuel (D5), depending on the digester
July 20, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Earnings season calls, and one of the bioeconomy’s most dynamic and innovative public companies has an updated presentation out — all the markets, technologies, sources of revenues, trends, lines of business — biogas/RNG, advanced fuels, conventional fuels and more. READ MORE The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide
July 20, 2022
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(Bioenergy Insight) Koodugal, which is an Indian NGO, has started helping villages in India install biogas plants and achieve energy self-sufficiency. As a result, villages including Chaparthi and Thaliyur, Kaveripattinam block in Krishnagiri district, now have biogas plants that have been operating for a few months. Koodugal Trust along with
July 19, 2022
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(Naturgy/NGV Journal) Naturgy is adapting the biomethane plant installed in the Porgaporcs livestock farm, in the municipality of Vila-Sana (Lleida), to inject renewable gas into the group’s distribution network in 2023. The company will invest 1.5 million euros in this project to advance in its objective that its distribution networks offer
July 19, 2022
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(Novilla RNG/Biomass Magazine) Three Petals RNG LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novilla Investment Holdings LLC, announced on July 12 the beginning of construction of its first dairy renewable natural gas (RNG) project at Trillium Hill Farm. The start of construction comes only two months after executing a manure rights contract
July 19, 2022
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(Green Impact Partners/Newsfile) Green Impact Partners (TSXV: GIP) (“GIP” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on three of its advanced renewable natural gas (“RNG”) projects. “With the upcoming commissioning of our GreenGas Colorado facility, the expansion of our Iowa and Future Energy Park projects, and over $2
July 14, 2022
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(Bioenergy Insight) As many as 20 AD plants are expected to supply biomethane to a new €30m Central Grid Injection facility being developed by Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) in Mitchelstown, Co Cork. Construction of Ireland’s first large-scale renewable gas injection facility is due to start next summer under project GRAZE,
July 13, 2022
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(Bioenergy Insight) Europe’s largest biogas producer has warned that it will take years to significantly boost production despite the EU pushing for a rapid increase in output to reduce reliance on Russian gas. Biomethane is chemically identical to natural gas but produced through the controlled decomposition of animal and industrial
July 13, 2022
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(European Parliament) Suppliers to start delivering sustainable fuel from 2025, reaching 85% of all aviation fuel in EU airports by 2050; Electricity and hydrogen should be part of new fuel mix; Create a Sustainable Aviation Fund to encourage investment in cleaner technologies — Used cooking oil, synthetic fuel or even
July 8, 2022
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by Ragini Saxena (Bloomberg/Yahoo!) Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., the automaker that sells every other car on the nation’s roads, believes electric vehicles aren’t the answer to reducing carbon emissions in the world’s third-biggest releaser of greenhouse gases — at least not in the immediate future. India’s largest automaker reckons that
July 7, 2022
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(Clarín Rural (Google Translation)) The soul of the company, almost on the border with Santiago del Estero, is a biodigester that processes pig and steer waste to generate the energy needed by a mini ethanol distillery. … The feedlot pens are 2,500 meters from the biodigester and the pig farm,
July 1, 2022
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(BerQ RNG/Biomass Magazine) BerQ RNG, an innovative developer, owner and operator of renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, announced today the successful startup of an animal manure anerobic digester to RNG facility located on a dairy farm in Western, Michigan. Pipeline-quality RNG has been produced and commercial operations
June 29, 2022
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(American Biogas Council/Biomass Magazine) As renewable energy captures a greater share of U.S. energy and fuel production, the American Biogas Council is proud to recognize several anaerobic digester projects that have been pushing the industry forward in these ambitious efforts. Biogas systems, which use anaerobic digestion to recycle organic material into
June 29, 2022
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(Cummins) … 1. Hydrogen is a promising solution for the demanding requirements of heavy-duty trucking. Hydrogen has a lot going for it, including a couple of possible powertrain options for the future: hydrogen fuel cells and internal combustion engines. Hydrogen is energy dense and, when produced with renewable electricity, it’s considered “green”
June 27, 2022
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by Valerie Sarisky-Reed (U.S. Department of Energy) Biofuels have been proven to emit significantly lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than petroleum-based fuels, and recent scientific studies indicate that net-zero emission biofuels are not only possible, but achievable. Corn ethanol and other biofuels are essential in America’s transition to a clean energy economy
June 24, 2022
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(FPT Industrial/AgriTech Tomorrow) FPT Industrial paves the way for farmers’ energy independence at The World Biogas Expo 2022, the world’s leading trade show dedicated to the biogas industry, held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, UK on June 15 and 16. FPT Industrial paves the way for farmers’
June 20, 2022
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(Hexagon Agility) … RNG is processed from decaying organic materials in agricultural, landfill, and wastewater treatment facilities. Accordingly, this clean fuel has a double impact on carbon emissions by not only capturing harmful methane molecules that would have otherwise entered the atmosphere, but also by displacing diesel, giving fleets near-zero tailpipe
June 17, 2022
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(AWAZ The Voice) … However, right now, the main worry for the government planners is its cost to make it commercially viable. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) are working on an innovative concept, which, as and when materialises, will not just bring down
June 17, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Biogas is booming and ECOCORP is on it with its core biogas tech helping the industry grow. As a commercial stage company, they design, permit, construct, commission and operate biogas plants but what is perhaps most interesting is the dry, thermophilic two-step (hydrolysis and fermentation) anaerobic
June 17, 2022
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(E&E News/Politico Pro) Researchers with DOE say gasoline might have to be substituted with biofuels to ensure that climate targets are achieved as electric vehicles slowly phase in. — The U.S. Department of Energy released the results of a six-year initiative that provides a national road map for alternative ways to
June 17, 2022
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(Southern California Gas/Biomass Magazine) The California Energy Commission has awarded SoCalGas a $750,000 grant to pursue development of a novel hydrogen production system using biogas to create affordable, scalable, renewable hydrogen. The project will build upon innovations in modular hydrogen production technology to create a system powered by renewable electricity
June 15, 2022
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(Chevron) Chevron U.S.A. Inc., announced definitive agreements to supply fuel linked to renewable natural gas for a Walmart Inc. demonstration of Cummins Inc.’s new 15-liter natural gas engine for heavy-duty trucks. As part of the agreements, Walmart will provide heavy-duty trucks for Cummins to integrate with the new 15-liter engine, the
June 9, 2022
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(BioCycle Magazine) Keep an eye on Washington State in 2022, as several significant developments are anticipated in the anaerobic digestion space. First is the rulemaking underway by the Washington Department of Ecology to implement the state’s Clean Fuel Standard. The law, signed by Governor Jay Inslee in May 2021, is designed
June 7, 2022
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(California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership) … Let’s first focus on methane reductions. Nearly 50% of methane emissions in California come from livestock manure and organic waste decomposing in landfills. To help address this, a new statewide law went into effect in 2022 requiring residents and businesses to recycle organic waste, with
June 3, 2022
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(Greenlane Renewables/Biomass Magazine) Greenlane Renewables Inc. on May 30 announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America Ltd., has been awarded a contract for $8.7 million (US$6.8 million) for a dairy manure to renewable natural gas (RNG) project in the United States owned by an international energy company. This contract
June 1, 2022
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(American Power Group Corporation) American Power Group Corporation (APG) announced the results from a month-long test drive of APG’s V6000 Dual Fuel system by Sapphire Gas Solution, a Conroe, Texas based industry leader in mobile biomethane, LNG, and CNG services across the U.S. Sapphire has been using APGI’s 2015 Freightliner
May 31, 2022
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(Hitachi Zosen Inova/NGV Journal) The German biogas producer Bioenergie Geest GmbH & Co. KG and the Swiss cleantech company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) signed a contract to establish the joint venture company Apensen Verflüssigungs GmbH & CO. KG, in Apensen, in the German state of Lower Saxony, which will construct a
May 20, 2022
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(HoSt Group/Biomass Magazine) The HoSt Group is very excited to kick-off business in the U.S. with three new biogas projects at dairy farms in upstate New York and in Ohio, to be realized in close cooperation with SJI Renewable Energy Ventures and Rev LNG. With these biogas projects in the
May 18, 2022
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by Matthew DiLallo (Motley Fool) -WM is investing heavily to boost its RNG output. -The move will enable it to produce more renewable energy and fuel its entire fleet. -WM is one of several companies investing heavily in the emerging RNG sector. — The company is turning a harmful greenhouse gas
May 18, 2022
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by Tony Ho Tran (Daily Beast) The hydrogen-powered vehicle covered more than 1,200 miles on a single tank of gas. — A team of engineers in France smashed the record for furthest distance traveled in a hydrogen-powered car last Wednesday. The vehicle traveled more than 2,000 kilometers (or about 1,242 miles)
May 18, 2022
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(IVECO/NGV Journal) IVECO has named Biogas Wipptal as IVECO Ambassador for its commitment to NGV mobility through the production of bio-LNG. This is the fourth appointment in the brand’s international IVECO Ambassador program launched last year to give a voice to customers and partners who share the same vision, with sustainability
May 17, 2022
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by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Aemetis Inc. released first quarter 2022 financial results on May 12, confirming that the company’s corn ethanol plant in Keyes, California, is operating at near capacity and discussing progress with the company’s biogas, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and carbon capture projects. Andy Foster,
May 17, 2022
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(Riviera News) Italian firm Ecospray and German green energy firm Ruhe Agrar signed agreements to supply two biomethane plants and three CO2 liquefaction plants for customers of Green Line Liquid Anlagenbau, an affiliated company of Ruhe company group — Each project involves the construction of a complete system for pretreatment,
May 13, 2022
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(Green Rock Energy Partners/Business Wire) Green Rock Energy Partners LLC (“Green Rock” or “the Firm”), a sustainable infrastructure focused private equity firm which invests in renewable energy companies and projects, acquired a stake in Bio Town Biogas LLC (“Bio Town”), a producer of renewable power that is expanding into renewable natural
May 13, 2022
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by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Officials at Gevo Inc. discussed progress with the development of the company’s renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Iowa and the proposed Net-Zero 1 refinery under development in South Dakota during a first quarter earnings call, held May 9. Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo, said
May 12, 2022
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by Paul Bennett, Chair (IEA Bioenergy/Biofuels Digest) … Little attention is paid to the global potential of bioenergy from sustainably sourced biomass – and wrongly so. Because without bioenergy, the urgent step toward fossil free greater energy security and climate neutrality will not succeed. It is the overlooked giant of the
May 11, 2022
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(California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership) During a press event at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, the California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership (CNGVP) collaborated with Cummins Inc. to display its near-zero emissions X15N 15-liter natural gas engine for the North American freight transportation market. In tandem with the announcement, CNGVP announced that in 2021
May 11, 2022
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by Sue Retka Schill (Biomass Magazine) CHAR Technologies builds its business case around flexibility in feedstock and outputs. — With three projects in development, Toronto-headquartered CHAR Technologies is poised for commercialization of its high-temperature pyrolysis (HTP) process, producing biocarbon and renewable gases. “We’re in the right time with the right
May 5, 2022
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(Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas/Biomass Magazine) 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). Captured above ground from organic material in agricultural, wastewater,
May 5, 2022
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(California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership) At the COP26 summit in Scotland in November 2021, the world’s leading climate scientists agreed that the #1 priority — the only measure to avert a catastrophic and irreversible climate crisis — is to immediately cut the climate super pollutants known as Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
May 4, 2022
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by Daniela Castim (Bio Market Insights) In Uttar Padresh, India, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is set to present a plan to tackle the stray cattle problem. The plan includes providing shelters within 100 days to accommodate up to 50,000 stray cattle, with the goal to increase that to 100,000 in six
May 4, 2022
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Sustainable, renewable FUELS are key to achieving the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development GOALS to transform our WORLD. Food, feed and fuel co-products OFTEN result from sustainable, renewable fuel production; and using climate SMART agricultural practices to produce feedstock WHILE sequestering carbon help us REACH Goal #2 Zero Hunger. Certainly,
May 1, 2022
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DAIRY and SWINE WASTE, including manure, are significant feedstocks for anaerobic digestion to make biogas and renewable natural gas (RNG) which can be used as transportation fuel and for POWER generation. Because the process can AVOID methane emissions, calculations of its carbon intensity are negative. LEARN more: https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/tag/dairy-waste/ and https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/tag/swine-waste/
April 27, 2022
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(Renewables Now) Utility National Grid (NYSE:NGG) on Tuesday unveiled plans for fossil-free gas and electric networks in Massachusetts and New York by 2050. The company will aim to replace fossil fuel in its gas networks with renewable natural gas (RNG) and green hydrogen, with complementary measures including increased energy efficiency, electrification
April 25, 2022
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(Dane County/NGV Journal) Dane County has acquired its 100th vehicle that runs on renewable natural gas. The announcement comes as the county celebrates Earth Week and recognizes the investments it has made over the last decade to transition to alternative fuels. By growing its green energy fleet to more than 115 vehicles,
April 25, 2022
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(EnTech Solutions) Organizations Unveil Completed Facility Powered by Clean Energy as Part of Earth Day Commemoration — With the support of leadership from Dane County, Wisconsin, EnTech Solutions, a full-service clean energy solutions provider, has partnered with Northern Biogas, a fully-funded renewable natural gas (RNG) producer, to repurpose an anaerobic biodigester facility formerly
April 25, 2022
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(U.S. Department of Energy) The Rural Partners Network is a new collaboration to strengthen the link between federal agencies and rural communities. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is proud to join this effort to help create jobs, build infrastructure, and ensure that federal resources benefit rural America. DOE
April 23, 2022
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by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) … More broadly, plants working to lower their respective carbon scores are helping the biofuel sector graft onto the leading edge of climate change mitigation and the quest for net-zero emissions. The challenge for producers directing both mind- and monetary-capital to their carbon scorecards
April 22, 2022
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by Tom Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine) In the lower Central Valley, Calgren Renewable Fuels makes three biofuels—ethanol, biodiesel and renewable natural gas—and the latter operation just keeps growing. — As out-of-state ethanol producers strive for lower carbon intensity scores to make good in California’s market, one legacy low-CI producer in
April 22, 2022
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WASTE-to-fuel is possible with many KINDS of WASTE: agricultural residues and WASTE; forest residue and WASTE; municipal SOLID WASTE, WASTE CO2 and more. SINCE 2008, students and STAFF at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania used food WASTE and agricultural WASTE like manure to make biogas for heat, cooking and POWER generation.
April 11, 2022
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(Green Impact Partners) Green Impact Partners (“GIP” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the signing of definitive agreements for its partnership in a dairy renewable natural gas (“RNG”) project located in Iowa (the “Iowa RNG Project”). The Iowa RNG Project has secured long-term feedstock agreements with two dairies located in close proximity,
April 6, 2022
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(Tidewater Renewables/CISION) Tidewater Renewables Ltd. (“Tidewater Renewables” or the “Corporation“) (TSX: LCFS) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic renewable natural gas (“RNG“) and feedstock partnership (the “Partnership“) with Rimrock RNG Inc. (“Rimrock“), and Rimrock Cattle Company Ltd. (“RCC“). RCC and its affiliates are one of the largest
April 5, 2022
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(Pivotal LNG/NGV Journal) Pivotal LNG recently completed the first delivery of bio-LNG to Harvey Gulf International Marine’s Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The tri-fuel vessel operates exclusively on LNG and battery power, with diesel fuel as a backup, making it the first carbon-neutral PSV worldwide. “Pivotal LNG is always looking for innovative
April 1, 2022
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(MITECO/NGV Journal) The Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), has approved the Biogas Roadmap, which identifies the challenges and opportunities for the development of this renewable gas and proposes multiplying by 3.8 its production by 2030, exceeding 10.4 TWh.
March 29, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Rashi Akki, Founder & CEO of Ag-Grid Energy shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC in DC on how they turn waste into renewable natural gas, biogas, and energy. From their current generation in megawatts to the latest dairy digester projects, operating facilities, expansion plans,
March 29, 2022
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RNG, Renewable Fuels from Solar, Waste Wood & Carbon: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Aemetis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Third generation tech is what Aemetis calls it – using renewable fuels for carbon capture & sequestration siphons carbon from the atmosphere into crops which are converted into renewable fuels, then the solar energy is released as transportation energy while the CO2 from biofuels production
March 28, 2022
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(Ara Partners/NGV Journal) Ara Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in industrial decarbonization investments, has partnered with Laurence Molke to create CycleØ Group Limited, a European biomethane platform, through the acquisition of FNX Liquid Natural Gas S.L. The new company is particularly focused on opportunities in the biogas-to-vehicle (bio-G2V) and
March 24, 2022
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(U.S. Department of Energy) New funding opportunity helps underserved communities turn waste into a resource for a clean and equitable energy economy — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new $34.5 million funding opportunity to improve the current science and infrastructure for converting waste streams, often disproportionately located
March 22, 2022
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by Marieta Cazarré (Agencia Brasil) The renewable fuel can replace natural gas, diesel, and gasoline — President Jair Bolsonaro today (Mar. 21) attended the launch ceremony of the incentive measures aimed at the production and sustainable use of biomethane. The renewable fuel is obtained by purifying biogas, and may replace natural
March 22, 2022
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by Ashley Summerfield (Devon Live) South Molton becomes the first town to get all its gas supply from renewable energy — A town has become the first in Britain to get all its gas supply from renewable energy – made from animal manure. Locals in South Molton in Devon get
March 21, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) On Day 2 of ABLC in Washington, DC, The Digest announced the 50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022. This year, the focus was on advanced bioeconomy manufacturing sites, completed or in development, at pilot, demonstration or commercial scale for intermediates or finished products, rather
March 18, 2022
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ABLC’s theme of “Dawn of Net Zero” and hundreds of delegates from organizations all over the world grappling with the immense opportunities and supply chain challenges posed by the world’s rapid turn towards charting a path toward a post-fossil society. After hearing from leaders
March 17, 2022
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(Bioenergy Insight) Hitachi Zosen Inova USA has been awarded a contract by WTE to build a biogas upgrading facility in Wyoming. The project, starting up this summer, will upgrade biogas into a carbon-negative vehicle fuel. The membrane-based gas upgrading facility will have a nominal throughput capacity of over 960 Nm3 per
March 15, 2022
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(TotalEnergies (Google translation)) On the occasion of the International Agricultural Show, TotalEnergies and the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA) are forging a partnership with a view to supporting and accelerating the energy, environmental and economics of the agricultural sector in France. Aiming in particular at the development of biomethane, renewable
March 14, 2022
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(Environmental Protection Agency) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the selection of 11 organizations expected to receive a total of approximately $2 million in funding to divert food waste from landfills by expanding anaerobic digester capacity nationwide. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a process in which microorganisms break down organic materials, such as food
March 10, 2022
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(Energy Vision) Expanding RNG Could Be a Key Strategy for Cutting Methane Emissions and Tackling Climate Change — The sustainable energy NGO Energy Vision today released its latest assessment of the US renewable natural gas (RNG) industry, performed on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. The
March 7, 2022
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Nova Pangaea Technologies, the UK cleantech company at the heart of the drive to Net Zero, started the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for its first commercial plant in the UK. Aemetis, Gevo, USA BioEnergy, DG Fuels and others have also announced feedstock deals, loans,
March 7, 2022
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by Willie Fogt (Wallaces Farmer) WasteFuel Agriculture sees value in animal waste for a range of markets and wants to help farmers take part. — There’s no doubt about it: Livestock operations create waste that must be dealt with in some way. Animal manure is a valuable fertilizer, but it also
March 2, 2022
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Just in the last few days, it’s been all about low carbon, lower carbon, net-zero carbon – and all of it from waste. Virgin Group and Agilyx’s strategic partnership to produce lower carbon fuel from plastic waste. REG’s state-of-the-art pretreatment facility to refine some of
February 21, 2022
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(U.S. Department of Energy) Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is striving to bring more low- and zero-net-carbon sustainable aviation fuel to the market. The equivalent of 30,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools—that’s how much jet fuel the United States consumes in a typical
February 17, 2022
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(US. Gain/NGV Journal) U.S. Gain® announced its renewable natural gas supply will be used as a feedstock into hydrogen production, enabling a greener fueling solution for the California transportation market. Hydrogen producers are quickly learning the importance of feedstock selection in the production process, especially when the hydrogen is distributed in
February 15, 2022
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by Travis Hoium, Jason Hall, and John Bromels (Motley Fool) The process can help limit the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. — … You think about our agricultural waste, landfill waste, all of those things eventually rot, and when they rot, what do they release? They release a lot
February 14, 2022
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Waste-to-fuel start up WasteFuel has launched WasteFuel Agriculture which will turn farm waste into low-carbon fuels including renewable natural gas and bio-methanol that can be used in land and marine transport with significantly lower emissions footprints than fossil fuels. The new effort offers farmers a
February 14, 2022
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(Furetank) Liquefied biogas is one of the keys to fossil-free shipping – but lack of supply is a major issue. The Swedish shipping company Furetank has signed a letter of intent with Eskilstuna Biogas, enabling the development of a new biogas plant producing around 5,000 tonnes of LBG annually. Furetank commits
February 11, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Dairies, landfills, wastewater treatment plants, food processing plants…wherever there’s biomass, there’s potential for biogas and renewable natural gas. Check out this illuminating slide guide from William Orts at the USDA Western Regional Research Center in Albany, CA on biorefineries based on MSW and ag-derived biomass
February 11, 2022
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by Ariana Fine (NGT News) U.S. Gain’s renewable natural gas (RNG) supply will be used as a feedstock into hydrogen production, enabling a greener fueling solution for the California transportation market. … Hydrogen producers are quickly learning the importance of feedstock selection in the production process, especially when the hydrogen
February 11, 2022
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(Harvey Gulf International Marine/NGV Journal) Harvey Gulf International Marine has begun to operate one of its tri-fuel platform supply vessels (PSV) exclusively on battery power and bio-LNG, with diesel fuel as back up, moving one step closer to becoming the world’s first ESG certified oil and gas vessel operator. Use of
February 11, 2022
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by Chris Peterson (Biomass Magazine) The manure supply agreement is among the most heavily negotiated documents in a renewable natural gas project. … Additionally, having an agreement that will pass the scrutiny of the developer’s lender can be a challenge for the unwary. Successful manure supply agreements identify the big
February 7, 2022
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(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has released a new request for information (RFI) for feedback related to community-scale resource and energy strategies from organic waste streams. The RFI, titled “Community-Scale Resource and Energy Recovery from Waste Solutions,”
February 1, 2022
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(Gevo) Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is pleased to announce today that it has begun the process of bringing its wholly owned dairy manure-based renewable natural gas (“RNG”) project online. Located in northwest Iowa, the project is known as Gevo NW Iowa RNG, LLC (“NW Iowa RNG”), and it is expected
February 1, 2022
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(Oberon Fuels) Three leaders in their respective industries announce a collaboration to test a clean, innovative low carbon fuel blend in residential and commercial applications in Latin America. The collaboration includes Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SPH) – the third largest retail propane distributor in the United States; Empresas Lipigas – a leading distributor of
January 27, 2022
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(Global Methane Initiative) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on behalf of the Global Methane Initiative (GMI), developed the Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Screening Tool to assist stakeholders in assessing the potential feasibility of an AD project. The AD Screening Tool enables users to conduct pre-feasibility analyses to evaluate AD opportunities for a
January 25, 2022
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(Transform Materials) Hyzon Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: HYZN), a leading supplier of hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles, today announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Transform Materials, a provider of renewable hydrogen through its innovative proprietary microwave reactor technology. Together, Hyzon and Transform Materials will evaluate proposals to develop facilities to
January 24, 2022
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(The Guardian) … Manure from animal agriculture is a primary source of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in US waterways, making water undrinkable and causing algae blooms that kill wildlife. Manure is also a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions on livestock farms – and much of its impact depends, specifically, on how
January 21, 2022
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(Brightmark) Project to be developed in partnership with Vlot Calf Ranch in Chowchilla, CA — Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC – a joint venture partnership between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Brightmark Fund Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of the global waste solutions provider Brightmark LLC – today announced plans to construct an anaerobic digestion
January 21, 2022
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(Macquarie Capital/Business Newswire) Macquarie Capital Launches Renewable Fuels Platform Aerogy; Completes Financing of First US Project; Aerogy will focus on developing and investing in renewable fuels, supporting energy transition; Announces financial close of Zahn Farm Project anaerobic digestion facility in Gillett, Wisconsin, forming anchor investment for Aerogy — Macquarie Capital, the
January 19, 2022
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(Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)) A first-of-its-kind interconnection system bridges RNG-producing dairies and PG&E pipelines, removing historic barrier between producers and customers — While most dairies in California are known for the milk and cheese they produce, farms within Merced County are beginning to produce a new and very different product
January 17, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A leading U.S. renewable natural gas player, Clean Energy has growing RNG volumes and partnerships with global energy leaders like Chevron, bp and TotalEnergies. How is their RNG made? What’s the heavy-duty truck comparison? How about carbon emission comparison? READ MORE
January 11, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we sail into 2022? Not the good ship Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and offer our predictions for the year ahead. As the sunset of 2021 gives way to the dawn of 2022, once again roll
January 3, 2022
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by David Appleyard (Microgrid Knowledge) Powering an anaerobic digester project with a renewable microgrid has transformed the economics of biogas at a newly commissioned plant in Wisconsin. The facility is turning organic waste from more than 4,000 dairy cows into renewable natural gas and injecting it into a natural gas pipeline
December 30, 2021
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(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) empowers energy companies and aviation stakeholders by supporting advances in research, development, and demonstration to overcome barriers for widespread deployment of low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). SAF made from renewable biomass and waste resources have the potential to deliver the performance of
December 29, 2021
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(Michigan Public Service Commission/Biomass Magazine) The Michigan Public Service Commission on Dec. 9 launched a new study that will examine the potential of renewable natural gas (RNG) development in Michigan, in accordance with Public Act 87 of 2021, approved by the Legislature and signed into law in September by Gov. Gretchen
December 29, 2021
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(Waste Advantage Magazine) The sustainable energy NGO Energy Vision published a new report on waste and recycling collection truck fleets, entitled The Refuse Revolution. It assesses various alternative fuels and new vehicle technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other negative impacts from refuse trucks. The report includes data on
December 29, 2021
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by Mark E. Griffin (University of Wisconsin–Madison) University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have demonstrated a new process for transforming a plentiful Wisconsin waste into fatty acids, energy-rich molecules that can be used to make fuels and a wide range of important chemicals. … Researchers at UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Energy Institute have published
December 28, 2021
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(South Jersey Industries/Biomass Magazine) SJI remains committed to advancing its infrastructure to meet the clean energy needs of the future. Consistent with this commitment, last week, SJI and development partner, REV LNG LLC broke ground on renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities at four Michigan-based dairy farms, marking the partners’ first series
December 23, 2021
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(CalRecycle) Beginning in 2022, SB 1383 requires every jurisdiction to provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses. “Jurisdiction” means a city, county, a city and county, or a special district that provides solid waste collection services. “Organic waste” includes food, green material, landscape and pruning waste, organic textiles
December 21, 2021
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by Ariana Fine (NGT News) Amp Americas II LLC, a company converting dairy waste into carbon-negative renewable transportation fuel and power, has expanded its dairy renewable natural gas (RNG) and electricity assets portfolio with two major acquisitions that tripled the size of its carbon-negative fuels portfolio. Amp Americas has expanded its
December 21, 2021
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by Susanne Retka Schill (Great Plains Institute) As US and world leaders engage on climate change and carbon reduction efforts, leaders in the American ethanol industry have announced pledges and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The country’s largest ethanol producer, POET LLC, and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA),
December 16, 2021
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(GESS RNG/CISION) GESS RNG Biogas USA (www.gessrngbiogas.com), a developer of renewable natural gas with over 25 years of international sustainable industry experience, is pleased to announce the acquisition of numerous existing and planned Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) production plants from partner GESS International NC. These projects include, but are not limited to, locations
December 15, 2021
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(Scandinavian Biogas/NGV Journal) Scandinavian Biogas plans to build a plant for the production of bio-LNG together with local farmers in Grimhult outside Mönsterås about 370 kilometers south of Stockholm. According to the plan, the construction will commence during the first half of 2022 and production is planned to begin in 2024.
December 15, 2021
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) You may know Iogen as the cellulosic ethanol tech and biofuel company, but did you know they are now deploying low-carbon hydrogen? Check out this slide guide from ABLC in San Francisco on net zero fuels and biomass-based fuels, which ones they think have the
December 8, 2021
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(CleanBay Renewables/Biomass Magazine) CleanBay Renewables Inc. on Dec. 6 announced it has secured investment from AVG Group Sarl, a Luxembourg based asset manager with a focus on energy transition technology and green alternatives to fossil fuels. AVG’s investment will help fund CleanBay’s development portfolio of bioconversion facilities across the U.S.,
December 8, 2021
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(Gasrec/NGV Journal) bp has acquired a 28.57% stake in Gasrec, the UK’s largest dual provider of bio-LNG and bio-CNG to road transport. The company builds, owns and operates biomethane refueling stations, providing renewable solutions to the heavy goods vehicle industry. Under this agreement, bp will supply Gasrec with biomethane produced mainly
December 6, 2021
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by : Richard J. Brenner, Wes Jurey and Todd Campbell (Agricultural Technology Innovation Partnership) Introduction. The ATIP Foundation (Agricultural Technology Innovation Partnership) conducts projects in multi-county regions of 3 states to “advance the rural bioeconomy,” using a replicable model we developed based on the industry-cluster model of Michael Porter at Harvard
December 2, 2021
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by Mary Ann Showalter (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Bioenergy experts identify critical areas, opportunities for bringing technology to aviation industry — A report has been published summarizing a workshop designed to accelerate the commercialization of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The report, “Hydrothermal Liquefaction: Path to
December 2, 2021
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(Aemetis) Aemetis, Inc.(NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today that memorandum of understanding’s have been signed with 8 airline members of the oneworld Alliance for 350 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) to be delivered to San Francisco International Airport. Once
December 1, 2021
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(Aemetis) Aemetis, Inc.(NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today that an offtake agreement has been signed with American Airlines for 280 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) to be delivered over the 7 year term of the agreement. The aggregate
December 1, 2021
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Check out remarks from Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher of The Digest on rationale, forecast, the top news and storylines, feedstocks, genetics, crops, supply chain and more on the state of advanced biofuels and biorefining in this exclusive Digest-only State of the Industry. READ
November 30, 2021
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(European Biogas Association) By 2050, 30 to 40 % of Europe’s total gas consumption could be made up of sustainable biomethane, according to the 11th edition of the Statistical Report launched today by the European Biogas Association. The report provides an in-depth analysis on the state of the art and the
November 29, 2021
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by John Hanselman (Vanguard Renewables/Biofuels Digest) … But monetary incentives sometimes get in the way of methane sequestration methods becoming more widespread; it is often necessary for governments to make sure economic opportunities for growth are in place. Perhaps the most substantial outcome from COP26 was a coalition of 100 countries,
November 24, 2021
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by David Worford (Environment + Energy Leader) … The sales of biogas are also expected to grow by 7% this year compared to 2020. Electricity will account for much of the market share, according to the report, and biogas is also used widely in clean fuel for vehicles. … Biogas
November 23, 2021
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(Australian Renewable Energy Agency) Bioenergy could play a significant role in reducing emissions, stimulating the Australian economy and creating jobs in regional areas, according to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) Bioenergy Roadmap. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has released its Bioenergy Roadmap which lays out a vision for a sustainable bioenergy
November 19, 2021
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(Clean Energy Fuels Corp./NGV Journal) Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has broken ground on a renewable natural gas digester at Del Rio Dairy in Friona, TX, its first in a joint venture with TotalEnergies to produce the ultra-clean transportation fuel which will be negative carbon intensive. All the biofuel produced at Del
November 18, 2021
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by Tammy Klein (Transport Energy Strategies) For this video podcast, I spoke with Alba Soler Estrella, Science Associate Low-Carbon Pathways, at Concawe, the European refining industry’s scientific and technical body, Dr. Calliope Panoutsou of the Imperial College London Consultants and Dr. Kyriakos Maniatis, recently retired from the European Commission, DG Energy about “Sustainable Biomass Availability
November 11, 2021
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(OPAL Fuels/ Business Wire) –OPAL Fuels LLC, a vertically integrated producer and distributor of renewable natural gas (RNG), today celebrated the ribbon cutting ceremony of its new Sunoma Renewable Natural Gas Facility at Paloma Dairy in Gila Bend, AZ. The new facility will produce 1.6 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGE) of
November 11, 2021
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by Mario Osava (Inter Press Service) The biofuel from this mini biogas power plant in the municipality of Entre Rios do Oeste, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, is supplied by local pig farmers, who earn extra income while the municipality saves on energy costs for its facilities and
November 11, 2021
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DOE National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap — Comments Invited on Draft
(American Economic Association) Executive Summary: This is an unprecedented time in history for hydrogen with interest being amplified worldwide due to its potential to address the climate crisis as well as energy security and resiliency. Though there are significant challenges, zero and low-carbon hydrogen can be a key part of