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Southwest Gas Corporation (Southwest Gas) has submitted a procurement agreement to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) that would bring renewable natural gas (RNG) to its California customers, marking an important step in supporting the state’s goals to reduce emissions from short-lived climate pollutants. The agreement between Southwest Gas, Anew Climate LLC, and Anaergia, ...
Anew Climate, LLC (“Anew”), a global provider of climate solutions, today announced the extension of its exclusive agreement with CNX Resources Corporation (“CNX”) to market Remediated Mine Gas (RMG), a powerful ultra-low carbon intensity energy source derived from captured waste methane. RMG is produced by capturing and upgrading waste gases from active and abandoned ...
BerQ RNG is proud to announce that its subsidiary, Owensboro RNG, LLC, has closed a $36 million credit facility with Comerica Bank to support the construction and development of a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the West Daviess County Landfill in Owensboro, Kentucky. The credit facility includes a term loan and revolving line of credit, which together will fund the majority of ...
This week, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) proposed energy system improvements to drive California's economic growth and increase climate change resilience. The company submitted this proposal, its 2027-2030 General Rate Case (GRC), to California regulators. PG&E and the state's other investor-owned utilities are required to make multi-year cost proposals every four years. ...
WBA is in Brazil to accelerate biogas deployment through the adaptation and implementation of its #MakingBiogasHappen (MBH) programme and to support international climate action in the lead-up to COP30. 17–21 March, Brasília | Chief Executive Charlotte Morton OBE and Head of External Affairs Giulia Ceccarelli attended the CCAC Annual Meeting and met with ...
Ecomesure at Americana 2025: Meet us in Montreal! Americana is Canada's leading event for environmental technologies. Ecomesure is pleased to showcase its air quality monitoring solutions on March 12 and 13, 2025. ...
On 21 February 2025, the World Biogas Association gathered national biogas and bioenergy associations from around the world for the latest 11th National Associations Roundtable to share and discuss key policy developments, market challenges, and growth opportunities. The following associations attended the meeting: American Biogas Council Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources ...
As New York moves forward with its ambitious sustainability goals, businesses across the state must prepare to comply with expanded food waste recycling requirements. These updates to the Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling Law, effective January 1, 2027, represent a critical step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting environmental stewardship. In this article, we explore ...
In 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy made strides in advancing the clean energy economic and security goals of the Biden-Harris Administration. Through funding announcements to make clean energy more accessible to all Americans, investments in scientific research, historic groundbreakings, and celebratory ribbon cuttings, DOE has worked to combat the climate crisis, lower energy costs for ...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury this morning issued final rules for the implementation of the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Credit. Patrick Serfass, Executive Director of the American Biogas Council, issued the following statement in response: “We are grateful to the Treasury Department for its diligence in creating these rules, which will incentivize the production of more ...
As California prepares to make key decisions on the future of its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), a broad coalition of stakeholders from across the transportation and energy sectors has voiced strong support for maintaining and expanding this critical program. The LCFS, under the guidance of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), has proven essential in driving down greenhouse gas ...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury yesterday evening issued final rules outlining which types of energy property investments are eligible for clean energy tax credits, including Qualified Biogas Property, implementing amendments made by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Patrick Serfass, Executive Director of the American Biogas Council, issued the following statement in response: “We ...
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural systems is crucial to keeping the world on track to meet international climate goals. The 2024 Breakthrough Report—Agriculture, released today shows that momentum in this area is growing – yet food systems continue to account for nearly one-third of global emissions. The report emphasizes the need for stronger international ...
Con Edison and its customers continue to make progress in the transition to a clean energy future, according to the first quarter (Q1) update for 2024 released this week by the company. Among the highlights, in the last year, Con Edison customers have increased their rooftop solar capacity by 18 percent, adding 92 megawatts.Clean Energy CommitmentCon Edison notes that the company's major ...
In New York, more than $8.5 million has been awarded for the development of innovative nature-based solutions to lower emissions and sequester carbon through Round 1 of the Natural Carbon Solutions Innovation Challenge. In addition, more than $13 million is now available through Round 2 of the Challenge for projects that mitigate the impacts of extreme heat and reduce building emissions with a ...
Methane is the second largest contributor to global warming after CO2. It is important to note that methane is a short-lived greenhouse gas with an atmospheric residence time of around twelve years. Methane, however, has far greater heat trapping capacity than CO2. In 20 years, methane can trap 80 times as much heat as CO2. Over a 100-year time frame, methane is 25 times as potent as CO2. ...
Bright Renewables, a Dutch producer of clean energy technology, has been awarded a technical tender by Tekniska Verken, a Swedish multi-utility energy firm, for the provision of CO2 liquefaction technology. The carbon dioxide (CO2) purification and liquefaction system will be built at the Svensk Biogas facility in Linköping to extract and convert CO2 from biogas output. The factory is ...
February 13, 2024 – WASHINGTON – Newly-released data from the American Biogas Council (ABC) indicates that 2023 was the third year of record growth across the U.S. biogas industry,[1] with nearly 100 new projects coming online last year— representing $1.8 billion in capital investments. ABC expects this growth to continue into 2024, with more than 100 new projects already ...
The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28 climate change conference last month, the IEA says in a new report. The amount of renewable energy capacity added to energy systems around the world grew by 50% in ...
This week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David M. Turk traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the 28th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), where he led the U.S. energy delegation. The Department of Energy announced a range of initiatives - on issues from clean hydrogen and nuclear energy to zero-emissions transportation and building ...