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Dominion Energy is making good on its plans to invest in renewable natural gas (RNG), as CEO Thomas Farrell indicated in July. Dominion and Smithfield Foods, through their joint venture Align Renewable Natural Gas, initially are going to manufacture RNG at a facility in Milford, in southwestern Utah. The RNG would be produced from a…

Chevron Corp. is partnering up with Brightmark LLC to produce and market dairy biomethane at sites across the United States.  Financial details of the equity investments by subsidiary Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Brightmark in the joint venture (JV) were not revealed. However, the plan is to fund and construct infrastructure and commercial operations in “multiple”…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom last month signed legislation to turn the biomass from forest waste and dead trees into renewable natural gas (RNG). According to the California Forestry and Fire Protection Department, aka CalFIRE, the state has nearly 150 million dead trees. Studies have pinpointed sources throughout the nation for producing RNG, including woody forest…

Williams, which owns one of largest natural gas pipeline systems in the United States, has set a near-term goal of reducing company-wide greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 56% by 2030. “We believe we can successfully sustain and evolve our natural gas-focused business as the world moves to a low-carbon future, while also helping…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…