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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Sioux City, Iowa, is joining a number of utilities that are investigating capturing methane gas from wastewater treatment operations to produce pipeline-quality natural gas.
The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) has been a hot topic of discussion since Donald Trump took up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and the latest rumors were that the Trump administration was looking to tweak the RFS to shift the standards of meeting the requirement to blenders of petroleum products rather than the petroleum refiners themselves. The rumors turned out to be only that.
Another piece of the Renewable Fuels Standard that has been largely forgotten is the revision made in 2014 that includes renewable natural gas (RNG) production as qualifying for credits by producing natural gas from landfill gas.
This sparked a bit of movement for municipalities and landfill owners to investigate installing biogas production facilities at existing landfill operations to create another income stream and help reduce waste, increase landfill life expectancy and fuel city vehicles on cleaner-burning compressed natural gas.
Sioux City, along with engineering firm Bartlett & West Engineering Incorporated (Topeka, Kansas), is exploring the installation of an estimated $10 million methane biofuel gas plant that will be located at the city's wastewater treatment plant.
Plans call for the installation of a methane gas collection system, gas upgrader and purification system that is expected to produce more than 100,000 standard cubic feet per year of pipeline quality natural gas. The methane biogas will be fed directly into the gas grid and count toward the city getting credit for producing renewable energy.
The project still needs the blessing of the city council before any ground is broken, but the city is looking to have the system up and running by the end of 2018 if all goes according to plan.
Similar landfill gas projects are planned at Waste Connection's landfill in San Luis Obispo, California; The city of Phoenix in Tolleson, Arizona; EnvoroSolutions' Big Run landfill in Ashland, Kentucky; Kewaunee County in Kewaunee, Wisconsin; Northeast Mississippi Solid Waste Management Authority's landfill in Walnut, Mississippi; the city of Marion, Iowa; and the city of Petaluma, California.
The Environmental Protection Agency ruled that the 2017 renewable volume obligations (RVO) include stipulations for compressed natural gas and landfill natural gas volumes to increase. Financial incentives from the government and an increasing RVO demand trajectory are both at a point where they are creating opportunity for increased participation, spurring capital investment and growing the RNG-to-transportation fuel market.
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The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) has been a hot topic of discussion since Donald Trump took up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and the latest rumors were that the Trump administration was looking to tweak the RFS to shift the standards of meeting the requirement to blenders of petroleum products rather than the petroleum refiners themselves. The rumors turned out to be only that.
Another piece of the Renewable Fuels Standard that has been largely forgotten is the revision made in 2014 that includes renewable natural gas (RNG) production as qualifying for credits by producing natural gas from landfill gas.
This sparked a bit of movement for municipalities and landfill owners to investigate installing biogas production facilities at existing landfill operations to create another income stream and help reduce waste, increase landfill life expectancy and fuel city vehicles on cleaner-burning compressed natural gas.
Sioux City, along with engineering firm Bartlett & West Engineering Incorporated (Topeka, Kansas), is exploring the installation of an estimated $10 million methane biofuel gas plant that will be located at the city's wastewater treatment plant.
Plans call for the installation of a methane gas collection system, gas upgrader and purification system that is expected to produce more than 100,000 standard cubic feet per year of pipeline quality natural gas. The methane biogas will be fed directly into the gas grid and count toward the city getting credit for producing renewable energy.
The project still needs the blessing of the city council before any ground is broken, but the city is looking to have the system up and running by the end of 2018 if all goes according to plan.
Similar landfill gas projects are planned at Waste Connection's landfill in San Luis Obispo, California; The city of Phoenix in Tolleson, Arizona; EnvoroSolutions' Big Run landfill in Ashland, Kentucky; Kewaunee County in Kewaunee, Wisconsin; Northeast Mississippi Solid Waste Management Authority's landfill in Walnut, Mississippi; the city of Marion, Iowa; and the city of Petaluma, California.
The Environmental Protection Agency ruled that the 2017 renewable volume obligations (RVO) include stipulations for compressed natural gas and landfill natural gas volumes to increase. Financial incentives from the government and an increasing RVO demand trajectory are both at a point where they are creating opportunity for increased participation, spurring capital investment and growing the RNG-to-transportation fuel market.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, five offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com.
