part2 mi gts rng session 030511
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Renewable Natural Gas- PART 2
• Examples and Case Studies of RNG–Production–Distribution–Use (particularly for vehicles)
• Barriers to Greater Use of RNG–Regulatory–Economic–Technological
• Actions You Can Take
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Swedish Biomethane Vehicles
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Methane Gas Vehicles in Sweden
(Source: Svenska Gasföreningen)
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37% growth annually!
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Methane Fueling Stations in Sweden
25 % growth annually
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25% growth annually!
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Waste Management - Linde
• Altamont, CA• Waste Mgmt & Linde
collect landfill gas - upgrade, liquefy & dispense LBG for trucks
• 13,000 gallons of LBG produced daily
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Waste Management – Linde
• High Mountain Fuels - $11 million in CEC funding (AB118)
• Simi Valley, CA• Follow-on to Altamont
landfill project• Implementing
commercialization of new landfill gas clean-up technology
• GHGs estimated to be 85% below the diesel baseline
LNG to be used in Waste Management fleet – 500 trucks
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California AB118 Program
• $5.5 million to CR&R Waste and Recycling Services– Perris, CA– Municipal solid waste to biomethane – The company runs its trash vehicles on CNG/LNG
• $3.9 million to Northstate Rendering Co – Oroville, CA – Rendering waste into RNG vehicle fuel – Used for the company’s fleet of trucks. – Injected into the Pacific Gas and Electric pipeline and sold as
vehicle fuel to CNG fleets
• $1.8 million to Eurisko Scientific– Elk Grove, CA (Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District)– Use wastewater sludge to produce RNG– Clean Energy will distribute the RNG for transportation use
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Hilarides (Hilmar) Dairy
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Emissions Benefits
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Barriers to Greater RNG Use
• Policy/Regulatory
– Need an RNG in transportation policy model similar to renewable electricity on the grid – incentives, taxes, price supports
– Need to standardize injection procedures and reduce interconnection cost to NG Pipeline for distribution
• Economics and Market Development
– Lack of Awareness: Education and Outreach to promote RNG in transportation
– Make the business case versus other renewable fuels – best option in HD sector; GHG benefits; Fuels standards
– Develop demand based on renewable quality – create price premium over fossil natural gas
• Current low cost of fossil NG is a challenge
– Connect users and producers – supply and demand
• Technology
– Lower cost gas cleanup technology/systems
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Actions You Can Take
• Convert to Conventional NG– Where that makes sense– Can shift to RNG when available– Demand RNG for your NG fleet
• CALSTART– Website (www.calstart.org)
• White Papers and Reports
– Help finding trucks and RNG, deployments, testing
• CALSTART RNG-IAG– Tackling the barriers as a unified industry voice– Open for membership!!