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We have broken ground and resumed development of our largest #renewablenaturalgas (#RNG) production facility at South Fork Dairy in Texas. Home to a 16,000 dairy cow herd, the facility will produce an anticipated 2.6 million gallons of RNG annually once completed. All the RNG fuel produced at the site will make its way into Clean Energy’s nationwide network of stations providing natural gas powered fleets access to an ultra-clean alternative fuel. By capturing and processing cow manure's harmful methane emissions, RNG production at dairies prevents potent greenhouse gases from ever entering the atmosphere.   “The project not only helps us convert our waste into a clean, useable sustainable fuel, but it also helps us with managing manure which for a dairy of our size is quite a feat. We do this while simultaneously reducing our environmental footprint – it’s a direction I hope many other dairies will look to pursuing,” said Frank Brand, owner of South Fork Dairy. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/grnYTgnU #RNG #RenewableNaturalGas #CowPower #DairyRNG #CleanEnergyFuels

Anaergia Expands Partnership With Monterey One Water 🌱🌎 Anaergia Inc. (TSX: ANRG) is proud to announce an expanded collaboration with Monterey One Water (M1W) in California. Under this new operations contract, we’ll manage organic waste co-digestion at M1W’s Regional Treatment Plant, processing up to 50,000 tons of organic waste annually to produce 100,000 million BTUs of renewable natural gas. This project supports California’s SB 1383 landfill diversion goals and aligns with Anaergia’s mission to accelerate the world’s clean energy transition by transforming waste into renewable fuel, clean water, and fertilizer. Together, we’re advancing our vision of reducing global carbon emissions and protecting the environment for generations to come. For more, read on: #Anaergia #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #WasteToEnergy #MontereyOneWater #RenewableEnergy #California #CircularEconomy #OrganicWaste #Biogas #ResourceRecovery #Innovation

WASTEWATER TREATMENT ♒: Danish utility Fors A/S has inaugurated its upgraded Svinninge wastewater treatment plant featuring Veolia Water Technologies' Cella technology. The Svinninge plant is the first full-scale facility to deploy the innovative biofilm technology that offers a sustainable, compact and energy-efficient solution for wastewater treatment. Two Veolia Water Technologies subsidiaries ‒ Krüger A/S, a Danish water and wastewater treatment specialist, and AnoxKaldnes, a supplier of biological water purification solutions headquartered in Sweden ‒ teamed up to develop and implement the world-first solution, working with Fors and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency through the Environmental Technology Development and Demonstration Program (MUDP). "Fors is proud to be part of this exciting collaboration and to show this state-of-the-art facility and future of wastewater services to the world," said Henrik Correll, COO of Fors. "Looking at ways to reduce our carbon footprint is part of our DNA and something we work towards every day. It is of tremendous importance that we seek to look at new solutions through smart partnerships, of which this project is a great example." Anne LE GUENNEC, Veolia senior executive vice president, Worldwide Water Technologies, said. "Cella is a game-changer, combining innovative biofilm technology with a commitment to sustainability and resource efficiency. By leveraging renewable materials and optimizing energy use, it empowers municipalities to decarbonize operations while boosting treatment capacity and effluent quality." 👉 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eisJxrpB #wastewater #wastewatertreatment #waterpurification #biofilmtechnology Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions

The shift towards BOO and BOOT models in wastewater projects, as illustrated in Anaergia'a selection as the Energy Recovery Contractor for a new system that will produce renewable power from wastewater sludge in California, reflects a broader trend of leveraging private sector expertise and financing to enhance infrastructure sustainability and efficiency. It's these types of projects that address immediate wastewater treatment needs and contribute to long-term environmental and economic benefits. https://bit.ly/4bpJSiZ #wastewater #dboo #wastewatertreatment #waternews #aquainsights

Low Carbon Fuel Regulatory Compliance and LCA Updates 👉 Part 2️⃣ “As we step into 2025, the low-carbon fuel regulations, the related lifecycle analysis (LCA) GHG methodologies/models, and the markets have experienced updates one after another. Therefore, I’d like to share my thoughts and observations on the main updates to clean fuel regulations in North America (the U.S. and Canada), Europe, and international organizations.” 🇺🇸 United States and 🇨🇦 Canada (continued) 🍀 USDA CSA Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (#USDA) released the interim rule on Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture (#CSA). The interim rule includes guidelines for a complete MRV system—monitoring, reporting, and verifying. The CSA program includes three domestic feedstock crops: field corn, soybeans, and sorghum. The USDA also provided a beta version of the feedstock CI calculator (#FDCIC) for the quantification of farm-level crop-specific CI. eu Europe 🍀 EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED) #RED: At the end of 2024, the European Commission recognized the voluntary schemes #CertifHY for the certification of Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (#RFNBO), as well as #REDcertEU and #ISCCEU for the certification of both RFNBO and Recycled Carbon Fuels (#RCF). The fuel LCA methodologies are in line with the sustainability criteria in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1185, paving the way for green H2 production and the liquid and gaseous fuels development based on it in Europe. 🚢 FuelEU Maritime As one of the key initiatives of Fit for 55, the #FuelEUMaritime has been (fully) applied starting from 2025/01/01 (with a delay in Norway and Iceland) with commercial ships above 5,000GT calling at EU Ports. It begins with a 2% decrease in the GHG intensity of LCA fuels from 2025 to 2029. The biofuels, biogas, RFNBO, and RCF as defined in EU RED should comply with LCA GHG savings in RED. 🛩️ ReFuelEU Aviation #ReFuelEUAviation mandates a blending target of 2% SAF at EU airports starting in 2025, and a 1.2% share of synthetic aviation fuels at all EU airports from 2030. The SAF under ReFuelEU Aviation includes drop-in aviation fuels compliant with the sustainability criteria of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED): ✈️ Synthetic aviation fuels from renewable hydrogen and captured carbon, as outlined in Article 2(36) of RED (Wen: referring to liquid RFNBO); ✈️ Advanced biofuels from waste and residue feedstocks listed in Part A of Annex IX of RED (Wen: such as algae, animal manure, sewage sludge, palm oil mill effluent #POME, and empty palm fruit bunches); ✈️ Biofuels from oils and fats feedstocks listed in Part B of Annex IX of RED (Wen: including used cooking oil #UCO and animal fat); ✈️ RCF aviation fuel as outlined in Article 2(35) of RED. Please feel free to reach out if you have any question. More to come! #SAF #RNG #Hydrogen #Methanol #Ethanol #Ammonia #eFuels #BD #PtL #Syngas #ATJ #HEFA #FT #RCF #RFNBO

I attended the Renewable Gas Forum Ireland (RGFI) Biomethane Conference last week in my capacity as Chairman of Arigna Fuels Ltd, one of the largest producers of biochar in the world. Key takeaways: + Eamon Ryan said the biomethane strategy must fit in with overall land use strategy and environmental constraints. Grass production is our natural competitive advantage and is the natural feedstock. + Harmen Dekker, CEO of the European Biogas Association said that the key factors for success of biomethane were the regulatory framework, biomethane production must be sustainable, access to and cost of access the gas grid, cross border trade of gas, ongoing R&D and how digestate and CO2 is dealt with. + Denis Drennan of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association - ICMSA pointed out that there are many siloed govt departments that are setting targets for land use (forestry, nature restoration, food security etc.) and he expressed concern about policy coordination. + The key points from the All Island Approach panel, moderated by Stephen Robb of the Irish Farmers Journal, consisted of Jonathan McFerran of DAERA, Redmond McEvoy of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Karen Doyle of Gas Networks Ireland and Jonathan Martindale of Phoenix Energy were that ROI can learn lessons from the roll out of AD in NI namely turning the nutrients into digestate does not solve the excess nitrogen and phosphorus problem. + Brugha Duffy has been working with Carbon AMS and is now ready to start construction on his 40GW AD plant in Meath. He believes that most farms could double grass output and he has worked with local farmers to ensure supply of feedstock and to take digestate. + The panel on Ireland Next Steps, moderated by Paul Murphy of Climeaction, consisting of Paul Crosson of Teagasc, Noel Banville of Irish Farmers Association, Kieran Tarpey of Entrust Planning & Environmental and Eoin Brennan at Flogas Enterprise. Key issues that need to be addressed; upskilling of farmers to produce more grass and ability to use digestate as a part of the nitrate allowance. + The Financing Master Class moderated by Gary Borland of KPMG Ireland with Tom O'Brien of Nephin Energy and Teresa O'Flynn of Ara Partners noted traditional lenders will not get involved until the concept is proven. The forthcoming RHO must support indigenous biomethane, there needs to be a large energy user policy to create a market, there is a concern that there is resistance to gas injection and critically the state agencies who will facilitate biomethane strategy must be adequately resourced. + Philipp Lukas of Future Biogas said their strategy is to focus on large (160GW) plants for economies of scale and to sell to customers who are willing to pay full (unsubsidised) price for the gas. + James Russell of Biocore Environmental outlined their strategy of producing biogas from waste for electricity and their plans to upgrade to biomethane and construct six additional plants by 2030.

California Proposes Credit Cap on Renewable Diesel Farm Policy News says the California Air Resources Board is proposing to cap the amount of renewable diesel made from soybean or canola oil that would qualify for the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Some of the proposed changes for California’s LCFS would also require feedstocks like soybeans to be certified as meeting sustainability criteria. The California board also wants to continue an exemption from LCFS requirements for jet fuel. That may promote the increasing use of sustainable aviation fuel. Under the proposals, companies would be eligible for LCFS credits for no more than 20% of their biomass-based diesel made from soybean or canola oil. In the first quarter of 2024, biofuel from soybean and canola oil accounted for about 30% of the renewable diesel that qualified for the credits. The American Soybean Association says the proposal would likely increase credit prices and boost fuel costs throughout California.

Great article by market leaders Vital Chemical / Vital Environment, highlighting the growing use of the renewable and carbon-rich product - Biochar. Alongside partnering with Vital, our Scaada team have been leading the way with innovative use of Biochar in achieving outstanding environmental results within our projects. https://lnkd.in/gkarhyy4

What do Ireland and New Zealand have in common (other than good rugby teams)? 🌏 Ambitious emissions reduction targets that we're not on track to meet 🔥 Declining domestic natural gas supply threatening to undermine energy security and economic performance 🐮 A strong agricultural sector that needs to be part of the solution. Oh, and data centres! So its super interesting to see how the Irish are moving forward with the development of a renewable gas industry! #renewablegas #biogas #biomethane https://lnkd.in/gK-VRMeM

A very insightful article. Seems to be a win win to reduce methane emissions and generate renewable gas https://lnkd.in/g4He69Ay