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Synthica Energy Receives Large Equity Investment from Goldman Sachs

August 9, 2023 by Amy Baxter

The amount of the investment and financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Synthica says it plans to use the funding to grow its infrastructure projects and accelerate development of its facilities in key markets across the United States.

Viridi, American Organic Energy Launch Food Waste-to-Energy Project

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 by Amy Baxter

The partnership will convert 210,000 tons of wasted food per year into renewable natural gas.

Walmart Takes a Green Road Trip: Introducing First 15-liter CNG-Powered Truck

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 by Marisa Higgins

Using renewable natural gas could be a key piece of reducing fleet emissions.

Shell Starship 3.0’s Initiative for Cleaner Heavy Transport Revealed at ACT Expo

May 4, 2023 by Marisa Higgins

The Shell Starship demonstrates the company's commitment to decarbonization.

UPS ‘Turns Trash to Gas’ with Largest RNG Purchase in US History

May 24, 2019August 5, 2019 by Jennifer Nastu

“The world has a trash problem. And the world has an emissions problem,” says UPS’s director of fleet procurement Mike Casteel. With that in mind, the logistics company has plans to “turn trash to gas” in what it is calling the largest commitment for use of renewable natural gas (RNG) ... Read more »

Utah’s First Anaerobic Digester Facility Opens in North Salt Lake

February 11, 2019May 8, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

A new $43 million anaerobic digester facility opened to the public this month in North Salt Lake, Utah. Wasatch Resource Recovery can turn solid food waste and liquefied organic waste into pipeline grade natural gas.

Anaerobic Digester in Oregon Upgraded To Produce Biomethane

September 17, 2018April 5, 2022 by Alyssa Danigelis

The existing anaerobic digester for a dairy operation in Oregon is getting upgraded to produce biomethane. Puregas Solutions, part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has been contracted for the renewable gas project.

Renewable Natural Gas Could Help Fuel 15% of US Fleets

April 27, 2018March 24, 2022 by Alyssa Danigelis

Renewable natural gas production is on the rise in the United States, but new research from the World Resources Institute shows the potential to help fuel heavy-duty trucks and buses is larger than previously thought.

Renewable Natural Gas Production Facilities Grow by 85% in Four Years

April 20, 2018April 5, 2022 by Alyssa Danigelis

A new map and project database show at least 76 operational renewable natural gas production facilities in the United States and Canada now. That represents an 85% growth from the 41 projects built by 2014, says the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas. The RNG Coalition, a member-led nonprofit representing the ... Read more »

Synthica Energy Receives Large Equity Investment from Goldman Sachs

Viridi, American Organic Energy Launch Food Waste-to-Energy Project

Walmart Takes a Green Road Trip: Introducing First 15-liter CNG-Powered Truck

Shell Starship 3.0’s Initiative for Cleaner Heavy Transport Revealed at ACT Expo

UPS ‘Turns Trash to Gas’ with Largest RNG Purchase in US History

Utah’s First Anaerobic Digester Facility Opens in North Salt Lake

Anaerobic Digester in Oregon Upgraded To Produce Biomethane

Renewable Natural Gas Could Help Fuel 15% of US Fleets

Renewable Natural Gas Production Facilities Grow by 85% in Four Years

Smithfield Foods Invests in Hog Waste-To-Energy: Q&A with Bill Gill

Smithfield Foods Invests in Sustainable Agronomics: Q&A with Bill Gill

North Carolina Plant Converts Hog Farm Waste Into 11,000 MWh Annually

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