Bid#: PW-BRCD056: Request for Information (RFI) Survey for Organic Waste Processing Capacity (BRC0000249)
The Request for Information (RFI) has been released by the Department of Public Works. The RFI with specifications and instructions for preparing and submitting a response may be accessed at the following link: http://dpw.lacounty.gov/brcd/servicecontracts/
The deadline to submit responses to this RFI is Tuesday, April 6, 2021, by 5:30 p.m.
You may also contact Mr. David Pang at (626) 458-7167, dpang@pw.lacounty.gov, or Mr. Danny Medina at (626) 458-4080, dmedina@pw.lacounty.gov, Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for further information.
CalRecycle's SB 1383 Q&A Regional & Statewide Webinar
CalRecycle, in coordination with HF&H, will host the last SB 1383 Q&A Regional Webinar Series for Northern California on March 30, 2021 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. The regional webinar will be 3 hours long, and will cover collection, procurement, and edible food recovery requirements. Each topic will be covered for one hour and most of the time will be open for stakeholders to ask questions. Please note you are not limited to only attending your region's webinar; you may attend others as well. The agenda will be announced closer to the webinar date.
For those who only wish to watch the webinar, the customary webcast remains available at https://calrecycle.ca.gov/Broadcast/ and should be used UNLESS you intend to comment or provide questions during the webinar. Please note that the specific broadcast links are not yet listed.
If there are any questions you would like to send prior to the webinar, please submit them to the SLCP inbox (SLCP.Organics@calrecycle.ca.gov) with the subject line: "[Insert Region] Regional Webinar question." However, CalRecycle encourages stakeholders to ask questions during the webinar. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the web as an additional implementation resource.
GoToWebinar link for Northern California webinar:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5454021189306824203
Biogas, Composting Get Nod in New CLEAN Future Legislation
The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce introduced the CLEAN Future Act (H.R. 1512) on March 2, a sweeping piece of legislation designed to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution no later than 2050, with an interim target of reducing GHG pollution by 50 percent from 2005 levels no later than 2030. CLEAN - Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation - includes provisions that benefit anaerobic digestion and composting, primarily as tools to reduce methane emissions. To read more, click here.
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Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance for Local Governments
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provides U.S. local governments with technical assistance to advance waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO). All U.S. municipalities, as well as tribal governments, are eligible for WTE technical assistance at no cost. The technical assistance addresses knowledge gaps, specific challenges, decision-making considerations, planning, and project implementation strategies related to WTE. The WTE resources considered include organic waste such as food waste. To read more, click here.
Senate Bill Pushes EPA To Take Action on RFS Requests
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced bipartisan legislation with Senator John Thune (R-SD) in early February requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act on languishing applications under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), including moving forward with allowing renewable electricity made from biomass to qualify if it is used to power electric vehicles. This would level the playing field among fuel sources, and enable anaerobic digesters producing electricity to generate and sell credits under the RFS program to refiners that must meet national renewable fuel targets. To read more, click here.
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Food Scraps to RNG Pathway in California's LCFS
A couple of months ago, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) certified the first, and to date, only food scraps-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway under the current version (CA-GREET 3.0) of CA-GREET, the California-centric version of Argonne National Laboratories' GREET model. CA-GREET 3.0 is used to calculate carbon intensities for the LCFS program. To read more, click here.
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Biostar Renewables Turns Organic Waste into Energy
BioStar Renewables, a renewable energy services company, announced their San Bernardino Organic Energy Solutions (OES) project site has completed synchronization with Southern California Edison's Distribution System. BioStar's OES plant will divert 100,000 tons of pre-consumer food waste per year from the Coachella and Lambs Canyon landfills. The OES Project will generate 20 million kWh of electricity, which is enough to power 3,000 homes, and 20 million gallons of clean water for industrial reuse. To read more, click here.
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Renewable Natural Gas Produced by Anaergia from Diverted Landfill Waste Now Flowing through SoCalGas System
Renewable natural gas (RNG) produced from diverted landfill waste is now flowing into SoCalGas' pipeline system from the Anaergia Rialto Bioenergy Facility located in San Bernardino County, California. The facility uses anaerobic digestion to produce up to 985,000 MMBTU/year of RNG from up to 300,000 tons of waste. Creating this carbon-negative fuel from waste will decrease greenhouse gas emissions by up to 220,000 metric tons per year, equal to removing 47,500 passenger cars from the road. To read more, click here.
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Plane Rides of the Future Could Be Fueled by Table Scraps
The commercial aviation industry is looking to reduce its emissions and become more sustainable by looking into sustainable jet fuel. A new study explores the concept of converting food waste into jet fuel to be used in current engines. The study showed that the new biofuels would have to be chemically similar to fossil fuels. Researchers have been developing a jet fuel that has similar molecules. To read more, click here.
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U.S. EPA's Latest Report on AD of Food Waste
In 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began building a dataset of names and locations of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities processing food waste to better understand the practice and prevalence of food waste digestion in the United States. In December 2016, EPA was granted the authority to survey digesters annually for three years, from 2017 - 2019. This report, "Anaerobic Digestion Facilities Processing Food Waste in the United States (2017 & 2018)," is the third in a series of three reports. To read more, click here.
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Enbridge Gas Partners with City of Hamilton to Fuel Ontario's First Carbon-Negative Bus
The City of Hamilton and Enbridge Gas publicly announce the first renewable natural gas (RNG) fueled bus in Ontario, Canada. Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) is now the first public transportation authority in Ontario to use RNG to transport customers. In one year, the HSR RNG bus will use and divert 450 tons of organic waste from the landfill, while also displacing carbon dioxide emissions from 36,000 liters of diesel. To read more, click here.
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