Massachusetts Decides To Move Away From Natural Gas (Methane) For Residential Use
Massachusetts is the first state to approve a plan to phase out natural gas as a source for heating residential buildings.
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Toyota Sweetens Mirai Fuel Cell Pot With Hydrogen From Biogas
Toyota’s Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric car could make a bigger impact on decarbonization than its sales figures suggest.
Warren Buffett & Pig Poop: Unpacking The Blockbuster Dominion Energy Pipeline Deal
The big news last week was that Dominion Energy and Duke Energy were shutting down plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but there is more to the story.
Turning Landfill Gas Into Renewable Natural Gas
Landfill gas is created by landfills, which account for 16% of the human-caused (anthropogenic) methane emissions in America. This is not what many people worry about when they think of greenhouse gases, it’s important. Thanks to the work of many nonprofits, government programs, and corporations that work in the transportation industry, though, we have a way to use this gas to help lower emissions.
Frito-Lay Ditches Diesel In Favor Of A Renewable-Powered Fleet At Its Modesto Facility
Parent company PepsiCo, Inc. is replacing the fleet of diesel freight vehicles that service its Frito-Lay plant in Modesto, California with zero-emission and near-zero emission vehicles. The upgrades are coming to the central California facility thanks to funding provided by the state-funded Zero- and Near Zero-Emission Freight Facility Project.
Smithfield Foods & Dominion Energy Partner To Make Renewable Natural Gas From Pig Poo
Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods have teamed up to capture methane from the effluent created by hog farms, calling it “renewable natural gas.”
HyperSolar’s Green Gas Makes Fracking Obsolete
The California company HyperSolar is developing a way to produce renewable hydrogen and natural gas from wastewater using solar energy, and that could spell trouble for the fracking industry. In contrast to fracking, a method of natural gas drilling that can put communities and agricultural areas at risk for water … [continued]
Renewable Natural Gas from CO2, Water, & Sunlight
HyperSolar has filed a patent application for a “breakthrough technology” that creates renewable natural gas from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. “This renewable natural gas is a clean, carbon-neutral methane gas that can be used as a direct replacement for traditional natural gas to power the world, without drilling or … [continued]
