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2017 Renewable Natural Gas Symposium

Event Overview

The UC Riverside Center for Environmental Research and Technology held an in-depth discussion of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) adoption from lab to market. Panel discussions included Utility Scale Power to Gas and Thermochemical RNG Production in California.

May 17, 2017 @ 8:00am - 5:00pm
Location Bourns Technology Center, 1200 Columbia Avenue, Riverside, CA
Event Details

Current Natural Gas Infrastructure Can Accommodate Future Conversion to Near-Zero Transportation Technology

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes findings from a research project which examined how natural gas infrastructure can be economically and technologically synergistic for natural gas and renewable natural gas in the near term.

Development of Key-Enabling Technologies for a Variable-blend Natural Gas Vehicle

Research Product Type

Research Report

Variable Natural Gas Vehicle technology will enable widespread use of renewable natural gas as a transportation fuel, resulting in significant reductions in GHG emissions in the transportation sector.

Potential to Build Current Natural Gas Infrastructure to accommodate the Future Conversion of Near-Zero Transportation Technology

This project aimed to complement The California Air Resource Board’s on-going work on technology assessment by exploring how the near-term development of natural gas infrastructure, in the heavy-duty transportation sector, can be implemented to include technology that can best facilitate the long-term conversion to near-zero technology.

Jul 18, 2017 @ 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Cal EPA Headquarters, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA
Event Details

Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Technology Demonstration Phase 2

Principal Investigator Arun Raju, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside

The project will develop an ‘Organic Resource Locator’ for the Southern California region with particular emphasis on the territory served by the Southern California Gas Company. This will be a map of technically recoverable organic resources available for energy conversion, and the potential end users.

Project Status

Complete

Renewable Natural Gas Research Center Project

Research Product Type

Research Report

Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) is an important alternative fuel that can help the State of California meet several greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and renewable energy targets. Despite considerable potential, current RNG use on national and state levels are not significant. RNG production potential in California through thermochemical conversion was evaluated as part of this project by assessing technical biomass availability in the state.

Revisiting the Efficacy of Liquified Natural Gas / Compressed Natural Gas Fueled Transportation in Transition to Zero-Emission Mobility

Principal Investigator Francesca Hopkins, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside

The focus of this study will be on modeling of the ISO tanks evaporative losses, holding times, and the amount of methane released from the tanks pressure relief/safety valves when the holding time is passed.

Project Status

In Progress

Routing Strategies for Efficient Deployment of Alternative Fuel Vehicles for Freight Delivery

Research Product Type

Research Brief

This research develops efficient deployment strategies for logistics companies with new alternative fuel vehicles.

The Feasibility of Renewable Natural Gas as a Large-Scale, Low Carbon Substitute

The presentation provided insights into the economic and environmental feasibility of large-scale production and use of renewable natural gas as a low-carbon transportation fuel in California.

Dec 2, 2016 @ 10:00am - 12:00pm
Cal EPA Headquarters, Sierra Hearing Room, Second Floor 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA
Event Details

The Potential to Build Current Natural Gas Infrastructure to Accommodate the Future Conversion to Near-Zero Transportation Technology

Research Product Type

Research Report

This report examines the precise natural gas infrastructure that is economically and technologically synergistic for both natural gas and renewable natural gas in the near-term, and alternative fuels in the long term.