Portland, OR-based NW Natural executives on Friday talked up prospects in the renewable natural gas (RNG) sector and the growth in the customer base, which has come despite depressed demand from Covid-19. CEO David Anderson during the second quarter conference call said construction and conversions have led to adding more than 13,000 customers during the…
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Europe RNG Production Sprinting Past North America
Eighteen nations in Europe collectively are ahead of North America in adopting production sites for renewable natural gas (RNG), or biomethane, with growth rising 51% in the past two years, according to the Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) America trade organization. A study earlier this year by the American Gas Association (AGA) Foundation reported 110 RNG…
July 29, 2020
NARUC Partnership with DOE to Explore Emerging Natural Gas Technologies
To share information on novel technologies and investments in natural gas, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The partnership follows the success of the NARUC-DOE Natural Gas Infrastructure Modernization Partnership (NGIMP) in 2016, which created numerous educational handbooks on natural gas. The…
July 21, 2020
Oregon Natural Gas Utilities OK’d to Buy RNG for Customers
Oregon regulators have cleared the way for NW Natural and other natural gas utilities in the state to begin purchasing supplies of renewable natural gas (RNG) for customers. The Oregon Public Utility Commission approved co-mingling RNG and the fossil fuel version in utility operations following the approval of state Senate Bill 98 last year. NW…
July 20, 2020
Industry Pushes Back on Disparaging RNG Analysis by Sierra Club, Earthjustice
A report published Tuesday criticizing the use of renewable natural gas (RNG) by Earthjustice and the Sierra Club is facing pushback by the energy industry. The report, “Rhetoric vs. Reality: The myth of renewable natural gas,” refers to RNG as a fossil gas alternative, or FGA, and claims it has inherent limitations to mitigate climate…
July 15, 2020
Chesapeake Utilities Partners with CleanBay Renewables in Next Move to Bring RNG to Customers
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. (CPK), headquartered in Dover, Delaware with 240,000 customers from Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the Delmarva Peninsula across its subsidiaries, announced another partnership in the hopes of expanding renewable natural gas (RNG) options for its customers. This time, CPK is partnering with CleanBay Renewables Inc, an enviro-tech company focused on sustainable RNG production. …
July 13, 2020
North Carolina Cooks Up RNG Recipe from Food, Energy Sectors, While California Expands Options
Using the byproducts of Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processing plant, Duke Energy and biofuel specialist OptimaBio LLC have cooked up a recipe for renewable natural gas (RNG) that recently began production.
January 15, 2020
SoCalGas Testing Technology to Convert Renewable Power into Natural Gas
Southern California Gas Co. has partnered with a German company to research the commercial viability of technology capable of converting renewable electricity into pipeline quality natural gas.
August 14, 2019
NW Natural Planning More RNG Purchases as Decarbonization Continues
NW Natural is analyzing more low-carbon options, such as renewable natural gas (RNG) and power-to gas in efforts to decarbonize its natural gas-only utility business while expanding into the water utility sector as a hedge against increasing pressure to cut fossil fuel use.
March 6, 2019
RNG Tapped to Reduce Emissions at Southern California Ports
A major freight hauler operating in two Southern California ports plans to use natural gas vehicle (NGV) engines fueled with renewable natural gas (RNG) as part of an emissions reduction initiative.
January 16, 2019
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