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BP CEO Murray Auchincloss mentioned he was nonetheless optimistic that subsidiary Archaea may construct 15 new renewable pure gasoline vegetation in 2024, regardless of the corporate solely being about midway to that objective by the top of the third quarter.
Throughout his firm’s earnings name on Oct. 29, Auchincloss mentioned seven vegetation are “on-line and working.” The corporate has beforehand reported, opening one Archaea facility within the first quarter and three within the second quarter.
“We’re a standout contained in the sector at [15 projects] that I feel creates the case for an terrible lot extra enterprise shifting ahead. So I really feel fairly good, really, about Archaea,” Auchincloss mentioned.
Different waste firms additionally just lately offered updates on their RNG progress. WM expects to have seven RNG initiatives on-line by the top of the yr out of its 20-project portfolio. Republic Companies has accomplished 4 initiatives up to now this yr, together with two within the third quarter, and expects to open 4 extra this yr within the fourth quarter. GFL Environmental commissioned two RNG initiatives in Q3, with a 3rd anticipated in This fall; Casella Waste Methods opened an RNG facility on the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Maine in Q3, with different RNG amenities not anticipated till subsequent yr.
In the meantime, Waste Connections stories 4 RNG initiatives are anticipated to return on-line this yr, together with one from frequent venture companion Imaginative and prescient RNG. These firms’ newest venture is among the many most notable RNG bulletins in November.
Credit score pricing as of Nov. 27, 2024
D3 RIN costs: $2.450
Down from $2.339 in 2023
D5 RIN costs: $0.585
Up from $0.580 in 2023
$42
Value per metric ton of carbon dioxide equal in Oregon’s Clear Fuels Program
$76.80
Value per metric ton of carbon dioxide equal in California’s Low Carbon Gasoline Customary
Supply: EcoEngineers Carbon Market Snapshot, Nov. 27
Waste Connections, Imaginative and prescient RNG companion in Nebraska
Imaginative and prescient RNG reached a 20-year settlement with a subsidiary of Waste Connections to construct a landfill-gas-to-RNG facility on the waste firm’s Jackson, Nebraska, landfill. The venture is predicted to course of 1,200 customary cubic toes per minute of landfill gasoline and produce 310,000 mmBtus of RNG yearly. The venture companions anticipate the ability to open in 2027.
Imaginative and prescient RNG, based in 2021, just lately introduced its first such facility for Waste Connections on-line, the businesses introduced in October. The businesses have additionally partnered to construct amenities in Missouri and Oklahoma.
DTE Vantage expands RNG portfolio
DTE Vantage, the event arm of Michigan utility DTE, accomplished a pair of initiatives in November, increasing its RNG capabilities.
The developer introduced the commissioning of its Scipio Middle, New York, anaerobic digester, which produces RNG from dairy cow manure. The venture injects RNG into the native grid run by Corning Pure Fuel and was developed through a partnership with Mercuria Vitality America, which markets the RNG.
That is DTE Vantage’s tenth facility producing RNG from a dairy farm, based on Kevin Dobson, vp of DTE Vantage’s biomass group. Mixed with the corporate’ 5 landfill-gas-to-RNG amenities, the group produces about 4.8 million mmBtus of RNG yearly.
“We’re definitely trying to broaden and develop our portfolio,” Dobson mentioned.
DTE Vantage additionally accomplished a venture on the Dayton Water Reclamation Facility in Ohio. The venture will pipe biogas from the ability to DTE’s present RNG refining plant at a WM landfill two miles away.
The venture gives a contemporary supply of biogas to a facility that is been in operation since 2003. With the landfill closed and biogas volumes declining, Dobson mentioned the wastewater therapy plant venture will increase the biogas throughput of the ability by about 30%. That is the corporate’s first facility at a wastewater therapy plant.
The developer plans to proceed constructing RNG initiatives, although Dobson acknowledged there could possibly be market modifications after the current election. He mentioned different applied sciences, together with carbon seize at landfills, are on the desk for the developer shifting ahead.
Novilla RNG ramps up dairy digester progress
Michigan-based Novilla Funding Holdings accomplished development on its fourth anaerobic digester producing RNG from dairy cow manure. The power, positioned on the Lynn Brothers Dairy in Unity, Wisconsin, is predicted to provide the equal of practically 1 million gallons of gasoline yearly, per a launch.
The corporate is increasing its RNG venture portfolio. It has begun development on 4 new dairy digesters, two of that are in South Dakota and one every in Wisconsin and Vermont, the corporate introduced.
“Constructing on the success of our first 4 initiatives, we’re persevering with to work with nice dairies and construct out new initiatives at an affordable tempo with 4 new initiatives coming on-line within the subsequent 15 months” Mark Hill, co-CEO of Novilla RNG, mentioned in a press release.
Following the completion of the initiatives, Novilla expects to generate 1.2 million mmBtus of of RNG yearly.
Lincoln, Nebraska, finds companion for landfill RNG
Sparq Renewables struck a partnership with the town of Lincoln, Nebraska, to construct a landfill-gas-to-RNG facility on the publicly owned Bluff Highway Landfill. The venture will deal with about 1,500 customary cubic toes of gasoline per minute when it is accomplished, presently projected for winter 2026.
The power is predicted to price about $50 million and the companions anticipate it’ll generate $96 million in RNG gross sales over the course of its 25-year settlement, based on metropolis officers. Sparq is predicted to finance, construct and function the ability.
The venture fulfills a pillar of the town’s local weather motion plan, Mayor Gaylor Baird introduced in a press release. It is anticipated to provide 4 megawatts of electrical energy, sufficient to energy 4,300 homes per yr.
Oklahoma-based Sparq has beforehand partnered with NextEra on a venture in its house state at one other landfill. The corporate was based in 2013 with a give attention to the pure gasoline fueling worth chain.
Lightning Renewables opens Missouri plant
Officers minimize the ribbon on an RNG venture on the Lemons East Landfill in Dexter, Missouri. The plant was developed by Lightning Renewables, a three way partnership between BP’s Archaea Vitality and Republic Companies. The plant is predicted to course of 2,000 customary cubic toes of landfill gasoline per minute, based on WSIL TV.