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Energy Transition in Motion (Week of Jan. 17, 2025)

Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including more than $8 billion more in loans closed by the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office.

Chevron, Brightmark Mark Milestone with First Gas at 10 RNG Plants

Chevron and Brightmark Fund Holdings' facilities in Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin are producing RNG using biogas from dairy livestock.

Biofuels Sector Unsatisfied with Clean Fuels Credit Guidance

The Treasury Department released guidance clarifying eligibility for the 45Z credit and which fuels are eligible, but holes remain.

Ameresco, Republic Services Begin Operations at Illinois RNG Plant

The plant, in Edwardsville, Illinois, uses previously flared landfill gas to create renewable natural gas that will displace fossil fuel in a nearby Energy Transfer natural gas pipeline, the companies said.

Vision RNG Inks Landfill Gas Agreement in South Carolina

Vision RNG says it will produce either RNG or power from South Carolina landfill gas.

Anaergia Scores Operations Contract at Waste-to-RNG Facility

Sevana Bioenergy's Rialto Bioenergy Solutions facility is designed to convert municipal wastewater biosolids and landfill-diverted organic waste into RNG and fertilizer.

OPAL Begins Construction New RNG Facility at California Landfill

OPAL Fuels’ new facility located in Clara County, California, aims to produce approximately 5.1 million gas gallons equivalent of RNG annually by capturing and converting biogas from decomposed landfill materials.

Vision RNG Secures $207MM to Convert Landfill Gas to RNG

Vision RNG has secured funding from climate investor HASI to convert landfill gas to RNG in Ohio.

Canada Awards EverGen’s GrowTEC $2MM for RNG Project

The funding will go towards the second phase of a project at the Grow the Energy Circle (GrowTEC) biogas facility to increase production capacity to up to 120,000 gigajoules annually.

Montauk Renewables, Emvolon Partner on Biogas-to-Methanol Project

The Texas project is designed to produce up to 15,300 gallons of green methanol per year, Emvolon and Montauk Renewables said.