The pilot project is expected to produce up to 4.5 billion cubic feet of RNG annually from orchard waste, 还有杏仁, pistachio and walnut shells
洛杉矶, 8月. 8, 2023 /价值/—— 南加州天然气公司. (SoCalGas)向加州公用事业委员会(CPUC)提交了一份申请，以支持开发一个利用有机废物(如木屑)的试点项目, 还有坚果壳, and turn it into renewable natural gas (RNG).
If approved, the project would be the largest RNG project in the state of 加州，最多生产4个.5 billion cubic feet of fuel each year from 400,000 to 500,000 tons of 农业废弃物, some of which would otherwise be burned. 到2022年，SoCalGas服务区域内现有项目的天然气交付量将增加一倍以上，并可提供相当于高达52吨的碳中和或负燃料,000 gasoline vehicles off the road each year.
The project would be developed by San Joaquin Renewables LLC in the 麦克法兰市. 根据CPUC的指示，SoCalGas提议为该项目提供资金 1300万美元 – with cap-and-trade funds. If approved, which could come as soon as 2024年5月, the project is planned to come online in late 2026.
“随着 加利福尼亚州 已经认可, renewable natural gas remains a critical tool, along with other decarbonization pathways such as electrification, hydrogen and carbon management, in our efforts to decarbonize our great state,” 尼尔·纳文, Chief Clean Fuels Officer at SoCalGas. "Instead of burning this 农业废弃物, this project could produce more RNG annually than the entire state of 夏威夷 每年的使用量, 在太阳2平台向清洁能源经济过渡的过程中，妥善利用这些废物有助于增强能源的可靠性和弹性."
“将生物质转化为可再生天然气提供了一种可持续的、可再生的废物能源,” T.J. Paskach, President of San Joaquin Renewables. “另外, 圣华金可再生能源设施将有助于减少太阳2平台对化石燃料的依赖, will help clean the air of the Central Valley by producing a carbon negative fuel, and will provide hundreds of high-quality jobs in 麦克法兰."
该项目将使用非燃烧过程将农业废弃物转化为混合气体, 包括氢. The mixture is then cleaned, compressed and is then usable as RNG.
In 2022年2月, the CPUC adopted the Renewable Gas Procurement Standard, 哪项规定了采购可再生气体的目标，这些可再生气体是通过收集废水处理厂有机废物排放的甲烷而产生的, 奶牛场, 垃圾填埋场, 农业废弃物, 林业残留物. The standard also requires SoCalGas to replace approximately 12.到2030年，该公司向核心客户提供的传统天然气中，有2%是可再生天然气. CPUC还要求SoCalGas提交一份申请，提出至少一个气化或热解试点项目，重点是将木质生物质转化为生物甲烷.
RNG是使天然气系统脱碳的关键工具，因为它可以是碳中和的，甚至是负的, 取决于它的来源. RNG, along with carbon management and clean fuels like hydrogen, is one in a suite of tools SoCalGas is utilizing to help achieve its aim to have net-zero greenhouse gas e任务s by 2045.
More information about SoCalGas' renewable natural gas efforts can be found here: http://socalgas.com/rng.
太阳2平台SoCalGas
总部设在 洛杉矶, SoCalGas® is the largest gas distribution utility in 美国. SoCalGas delivers affordable, 可靠的, and increasingly renewable gas service to over 21 million consumers across 24000平方英里 中环及 南加州. Gas delivered through the company's pipelines will continue to play a key role in 加州的 清洁能源转型——提供电网可靠性，支持风能和太阳能的部署.
SoCalGas' 任务 is to build the cleanest, safest and most innovative energy infrastructure company in America. In support of that 任务, SoCalGas aspires to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas e任务s 到2030年，用可再生天然气(RNG)取代其向核心客户供应的20%的传统天然气. 可再生天然气是由垃圾填埋场和污水处理厂产生的废物制成的. SoCalGas还致力于投资其天然气输送基础设施，同时保持客户负担得起的账单. SoCalGas is a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE), an energy infrastructure company based in San Diego.
For more information visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with SoCalGas on 推特 (@SoCalGas), Instagram (@SoCalGas)和 脸谱网.
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Sempra基础设施, Sempra基础设施 Partners, Sempra德州, 太阳2娱乐平台德州公用事业公司, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor) and Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (IEnova) are not the same companies as the 加州 公用事业，圣地亚哥天然气公司 & Electric Company or 南加州天然气公司mpany, 和Sempra基础设施, Sempra基础设施 Partners, Sempra德州, Sempra墨西哥, 太阳2娱乐平台德州公用事业公司, Oncor and IEnova are not regulated by the CPUC.
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