The Olympics in Tokyo just ended and it is slated to be one of the hottest on record with extreme heat and humidity forcing changes to track, tennis and women’s soccer schedules and World Athletics president Sebastien Coe saying “You don’t have to be a devotee of climate change or a denier to know the […]
In California, ReCarbon, Inc., the developer of the patented Plasma Carbon Conversion Unit, a combustion-free, climate-positive greenhouse gas utilization technology, executed a supply agreement with Cleveland, Tennessee-based landfill gas to hydrogen project developer, H2Renewables, LLC to develop five large landfill gas to carbon-negative green hydrogen. ReCarbon CEO and Founder, Dr. Jay Kim said, “ReCarbon is […]
In Texas, Ameresco, Inc. achieved commercial operations at its landfill gas to renewable natural gas plant at Republic Services’ McCarty Road Landfill in Houston, Texas. This facility has a gross nameplate in excess of 1.1 million Dekatherms per year and is capable of processing 4,500 scfm of raw landfill gas. After breaking ground on the […]
In Canada, Greenlane Renewables Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America Ltd., signed a contract valued at approximately $9.8 million (US$8.1 million) for supply of equipment for a new renewable natural gas project in the Midwest United States. This project will utilize Greenlane’s pressure swing adsorption (“PSA”) biogas upgrading system. Engineering work will begin immediately […]
In Texas, San Antonio Report reports that there will be enough methane from decaying waste in a private San Antonio landfill harvested via a CPS Energy, VIA and EDL initiative to offset the need for fossil fuel use by most of VIA Metropolitan Transit’s bus fleet. “CPS Energy, VIA, and energy company EDL are working […]
In California, FuelCell Energy, Inc announced the signing of an exclusive option agreement with the County of Orange regarding the utilization of landfill gas at the Coyote Canyon landfill in Newport Beach, California for a fuel cell project. The option agreement, won via a competitive solicitation, provides FuelCell Energy an exclusive right to develop the […]
In Finland, a team has written an article for the forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Sustainable Economy, suggesting that biogas generated in landfills be used as an alternative feedstock for the chemical industry, rather than for generating electricity. Jouko Arvola of the University of Oulu and colleagues there and at Oulu University of […]
In New Zealand, the first successful project in the country to convert landfill gas into vehicle fuel unveiled its first truck. Project promoters—who have a vision of 5% of Auckland’s vehicle fleet running on waste—say that waste companies can convert their trucks for $20,000 and earn back the investment in a year. More on the […]
