RNG
Renewable Natural Gas
RNG Facilities for Renewable Natural Gas Production
SJI Renewable Energy Ventures facilitates the safe production of renewable natural gas (RNG) — turning organic waste into cleaner and reliable fuel.
What Is an RNG Facility?
How RNG Facilities Work
- Organic waste collection: Collect organic material from farms, businesses, community drop-offs, or other points.
- Anaerobic digestion: Deposit organic matter into a type of bioreactor. Inside, microbial communities digest waste, creating biogas and digestate.
- Biogas capture: Capture the biogas for processing. The solid and liquid digestate can be used as fertilizer.
- Processing and purification: Clean the biogas with specialized technology, including carbon scrubbers.
- Pipeline injection: Compress and inject the now-purified RNG into an existing pipeline for transportation.
- Utilization: The RNG can now power natural gas vehicles, create electricity, or serve other industrial uses.
Benefits of RNG
- Additional revenue for RNG project participants: Allowing for the synthesis of RNG from natural waste can open up new revenue streams. For example, by permitting an RNG facility on its property, a dairy farm can turn manure into revenue.
- Additional financial incentives: There are some government incentives for using RNG, including the .2,3
- Reduced carbon intensity: By using RNG as fuel instead of fossil gas, organizations can reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
- Increased energy input: RNG production creates another source of fuel, strengthening the energy portfolio for the United States.
- Improved local air quality: Sourcing conventional natural gas often involves fracking, which can cause local air, soil, and water pollution. Furthermore, landfill gas and off-gassing from manure and other organic waste can cause air quality problems.
- Waste management: Figuring out how to dispose of organic waste can be a big issue. RNG facilities not only provide a destination for refuse but also create something valuable from it.
- Renewable Fuel Standard Program
- https://www.epa.gov/agstar/renewable-natural-gas-agricultural-based-adbiogas-systems
SJI Rev’s Role in RNG Facilities
We act as an end-to-end partner, integrating supply chain solutions and enabling waste and feedstock providers to monetize their assets. Today, we focus on three specific feedstocks, each of which reduces carbon intensity compared to fossil fuels.
Landfills
Dairy Farms
Food Waste
Our RNG Experience
Building on our natural gas utility roots in New Jersey, we deliver pipeline-quality RNG to end users nationwide, providing a safe and reliable fuel while helping our stakeholders lower their carbon intensity.
Lincoln
Dairy Farm
Projected Annual Production: 146,372 mmBtu
Marks
Dairy Farm
Projected Annual Production: 132,882 mmBtu
Our RNG Experience
Building on our natural gas utility roots in New Jersey, we deliver pipeline-quality RNG to end users nationwide, providing a safe and reliable fuel while helping our stakeholders lower their carbon intensity.
Lincoln
Dairy Farm
Annual Production: 146,372 mmBtu
Marks
Dairy Farm
Annual Production: 132,882 mmBtu
FAQs About RNG Facilities
Here are some frequently asked questions about renewable natural gas facilities:
Why Is RNG Greener?
RNG is often referred to as a clean energy source because it’s derived from naturally occurring emissions. Food scraps, manure, and other organic matter produce methane no matter what, so capturing and synthesizing it for use doesn’t significantly increase emissions. Contrast this with fossil fuel, which must be drilled, fracked, or mined to be captured from underground.
Can Vehicles Use RNG?
Methane can be used as a vehicle fuel. This is especially true for fleet vehicles, which can switch to RNG to bring down carbon emissions. Using RNG transportation fuel is a greener option than diesel or gasoline, and it can be more practical than battery electric vehicles, which have limited utility for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
How Can You Make Money With an RNG Facility?
RNG facilities create a valuable fuel from waste. Instead of paying a company to remove organic refuse or dealing with it themselves, organizations can partner with a company that can turn that waste into RNG, and therefore, revenue.
SJI REV and its Affiliates Turn Today’s Organic Waste Into Tomorrow’s Pipeline-Quality Gas
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