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Released April 04, 2024 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Renewable natural gas (RNG) is finding its footing as a low-carbon alternative to natural gas, which could make it a key component of the energy transition. Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Alternative Fuel Project Database is tracking 90 RNG projects worth $3.79 billion in the U.S.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "The biogas used to produce RNG comes from a variety of sources, including municipal solid waste landfills, digesters at water resource recovery facilities (wastewater treatment plants), livestock farms, food-production facilities and organic waste-management operations."
RNG also is known as biomethane. The methane derived from the decomposition of organic matter is typically only about 50% pure, and it needs to be treated to remove any impurities to reach a near-pure level of 95% or greater.
A recent report from Deloitte notes uncaptured methane from municipal waste and wastewater treatment is the third-largest source of the greenhouse gas in the U.S. For more information on the report and background on the development of RNG, see March 15, 2024, article - Deloitte: There Is a Future for Waste-Based Renewable Natural Gas.
One project underway aimed at producing RNG from landfill waste is Waste Management Incorporated's (NYSE:WM) (Houston, Texas) $90 million grassroot plant at its Fairless landfill in Pennsylvania, which is designed to process biogas collected from the landfill into pipeline-quality gas for injection into the nearby commercial gas distribution network.
Waste Management expects the facility will recover and distribute about 3 million British thermal units (MMbtu) per year of RNG, which the company says would service the equivalent of 65,000 households in Pennsylvania, or fuel the equivalent of about 2,750 heavy duty waste and recycling vehicles. Construction is expected to wrap up this summer. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Alternative Fuels Project Database can click here for the project report.
Also expected to wrap up later this year is the addition of an RNG plant at the Sampson County Landfill in North Carolina, which is a 50:50 joint venture between landfill owners OPAL Fuels (White Plains, New York) and GFL Environmental (Vaughan, Ontario). The project entails installing landfill gas collection systems and anaerobic digester systems, among other equipment, to capture approximately 800,000 MMBtu of pipeline-quality RNG per year. Commercial operations are expected to commence in the third quarter. Click here for more information.
For more information on RNG development, including OPAL's efforts, see March 29, 2023, article - Business is Booming for RNG, but That May Just Be the Business Side.
RNG also can be developed through the recycling of uneaten food, animal droppings and other everyday waste. Divert Incorporated (Longview, Washington) expects to process 100,000 tons of wasted food a year into pipeline-quality RNG at its $100 million grassroot plant in Longview, when fully operational later this year. The project is part of a $1 billion infrastructure agreement Divert signed last year with Enbridge Incorporated (NYSE:ENB) (Calgary, Alberta) to develop food waste-to-RNG facilities across North America. Click here to read a project report.
Meanwhile, Cayuga RNG Holdings LLC, a joint venture between UGI and Global Common Ventures LLC (Garden City, New York), is installing one anerobic digester at two farms in upstate New York to produce pipeline-quality RNG from cow manure. The project is expected to wrap up by the end of the year. Click here for more information.
Industrial Info also is tracking U.S.-based RNG projects under development, including two that are expected to kick off in the second quarter and wrap up in mid-2025: construction of an RNG facility at Atlantic County Utilities Authority's (ACUA) solid waste landfill in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, attributed to 50:50 joint venture between Opal Fuels, and South Jersey Industries (Deptford, New Jersey), and Pacific Ag's (Hermiston, Oregon) waste-to-RNG project in Sunnyside, Washington. The Sunnyside project entails constructing anaerobic digesters to process agricultural crop residues and dairy manure into about 900,000 MMBtus per year. Subscribers can read more information on the ACUA and Sunnyside projects.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "The biogas used to produce RNG comes from a variety of sources, including municipal solid waste landfills, digesters at water resource recovery facilities (wastewater treatment plants), livestock farms, food-production facilities and organic waste-management operations."
RNG also is known as biomethane. The methane derived from the decomposition of organic matter is typically only about 50% pure, and it needs to be treated to remove any impurities to reach a near-pure level of 95% or greater.
A recent report from Deloitte notes uncaptured methane from municipal waste and wastewater treatment is the third-largest source of the greenhouse gas in the U.S. For more information on the report and background on the development of RNG, see March 15, 2024, article - Deloitte: There Is a Future for Waste-Based Renewable Natural Gas.
One project underway aimed at producing RNG from landfill waste is Waste Management Incorporated's (NYSE:WM) (Houston, Texas) $90 million grassroot plant at its Fairless landfill in Pennsylvania, which is designed to process biogas collected from the landfill into pipeline-quality gas for injection into the nearby commercial gas distribution network.
Waste Management expects the facility will recover and distribute about 3 million British thermal units (MMbtu) per year of RNG, which the company says would service the equivalent of 65,000 households in Pennsylvania, or fuel the equivalent of about 2,750 heavy duty waste and recycling vehicles. Construction is expected to wrap up this summer. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Alternative Fuels Project Database can click here for the project report.
Also expected to wrap up later this year is the addition of an RNG plant at the Sampson County Landfill in North Carolina, which is a 50:50 joint venture between landfill owners OPAL Fuels (White Plains, New York) and GFL Environmental (Vaughan, Ontario). The project entails installing landfill gas collection systems and anaerobic digester systems, among other equipment, to capture approximately 800,000 MMBtu of pipeline-quality RNG per year. Commercial operations are expected to commence in the third quarter. Click here for more information.
For more information on RNG development, including OPAL's efforts, see March 29, 2023, article - Business is Booming for RNG, but That May Just Be the Business Side.
RNG also can be developed through the recycling of uneaten food, animal droppings and other everyday waste. Divert Incorporated (Longview, Washington) expects to process 100,000 tons of wasted food a year into pipeline-quality RNG at its $100 million grassroot plant in Longview, when fully operational later this year. The project is part of a $1 billion infrastructure agreement Divert signed last year with Enbridge Incorporated (NYSE:ENB) (Calgary, Alberta) to develop food waste-to-RNG facilities across North America. Click here to read a project report.
Meanwhile, Cayuga RNG Holdings LLC, a joint venture between UGI and Global Common Ventures LLC (Garden City, New York), is installing one anerobic digester at two farms in upstate New York to produce pipeline-quality RNG from cow manure. The project is expected to wrap up by the end of the year. Click here for more information.
Industrial Info also is tracking U.S.-based RNG projects under development, including two that are expected to kick off in the second quarter and wrap up in mid-2025: construction of an RNG facility at Atlantic County Utilities Authority's (ACUA) solid waste landfill in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, attributed to 50:50 joint venture between Opal Fuels, and South Jersey Industries (Deptford, New Jersey), and Pacific Ag's (Hermiston, Oregon) waste-to-RNG project in Sunnyside, Washington. The Sunnyside project entails constructing anaerobic digesters to process agricultural crop residues and dairy manure into about 900,000 MMBtus per year. Subscribers can read more information on the ACUA and Sunnyside projects.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
