Clean Energy Fuels has begun construction of a renewable natural gas(RNG) plant at South Fork Dairy in Dimmitt, Texas. The plant facility will be dedicated to the production of RNG, an ultra-clean transportation fuel made from organic waste and with a negative carbon intensity score, by utilizing the on-farm housing of more than 16,000 cows.
Construction of natural gas plant
The development of the digesters and processing plant is estimated to cost $85 million and is expected to be completed in 2025. South Fork Dairy will become one of the largest NGR projects in the country, with an annual production capacity of 2.6 million gallons. All of the NGR production will be fed into Clean Energy’s nationwide network of refueling stations.
“The installation of anaerobic digestion technology is a great dairy farming opportunity. This will allow Frank Brand, owner of South Fork, and his team to collect and revalue large amounts of organics waste, while gaining environmental credits from a GNR facility. We are proud to have Frank, a highly respected figure in the dairy industry, as a partner in this project.”
Clay Corbus, Clean Energy’s vice president of renewable energy.
On the other hand, South Fork Dairy owner Frank Brand mentioned that the project harnesses and converts waste into a clean, sustainable and usable fuel, while helping us manage manure, an ongoing issue. In addition, it reduces the environmental footprint of the farms, a goal that all dairies should follow.
The impact on emissions reduction
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, agriculture accounts for nearly 10 percent of pollutant gas emissions, and the capture of methane from agricultural wastes accounts for about 10 percent. capture of methane from agricultural waste can reduce these emissions. RNG, produced entirely from organic waste, reduces GHG emissions by an average of 300% compared to diesel.
This type of gas is so clean that the California Air Resources Board gives dairy farm NGVs a carbon intensity score of -330, a considerably lower score, relative to electric vehicles charged with today’s electric grid.
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