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Copyright CALSTART 2010

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


Swedish Biomethane Vehicles


Methane Gas Vehicles in Sweden

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37% growth annually!


Methane Fueling Stations in Sweden

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


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


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


Hilarides (Hilmar) Dairy


Emissions Benefits


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


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!!