British Columbia Setting Ambitious — and Reachable — Goals for RNG, Says CER

After taking a tiny first step into using renewable natural gas (RNG), British Columbia (BC) has a chance to reach an ambitious goal set by provincial government environmental policy, according to Canadian regulators.

Supplies of RNG have gradually grown in the United States and they are inching higher in Canada. Initially, BC had around 0.2% RNG, the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) said. The provincial CleanBC program has called for swift acceleration into a 75-fold jump to 15% over the next decade.

The province’s endowment of raw material for RNG, using municipal, agricultural and forest products industry waste, makes the target at least theoretically possible to hit, the CER said.

“This will require a significant increase in production, but according to previous...