Renewable natural gas (RNG) has the potential to be a major contributor to the energy industry’s decarbonization efforts, but there appears to be a disconnect among developers, pipeline operators and local distribution companies (LDC), which has stunted growth.

At the RNG Summit held in May, the Northeast Gas Association’s (NGA) Bob Wilson, vice president (VP) of special projects, said where RNG developers failed over the last 10-15 years is by making the fuel “different” than methane gas because they didn’t understand the concerns of pipeline operators and LDCs.

“It can be made to look and act the same. Why not treat it the same?” Wilson said. “The question remains, ‘How do we bridge the gap in our knowledge such that we can embrace these molecules into a...