Posts by Julia Levin
OPAL Fuels to Build RNG Fueling Station in Tulare County
OPAL Fuels has announced that it is building a new RNG fueling station in Tulare County, in the heart of California’s Central Valley. The RNG (renewable natural gas) will fuel the City of Dinuba’s garbage trucks and other natural gas vehicles that serve Dinuba and surrounding communities. The RNG will be made from organic waste…
Read MoreRedtail Renewables to Convert Yolo County Landfill Gas to Energy
Redtail Renewables and Yolo County have executed an agreement to develope and operate a landfill gas to energy project at the Yolo County Central Landfill. The landmark public-private partnership will transform landfill gas – a potent greenhouse gas – into biomethane (also known as RNG). “By converting landfill gas — a significant source of greenhouse…
Read MoreEcostrat’s Jordan Solomon Named Biomass Champion of the Year!!
Canadian Biomass Magazine has named Jordan Solomon, President and CEO of Ecostrat and Chairman of the BDO Zone Initiative, the biomass “Champion of the Year” for 2026 — recognition of Jordan’s nearly three decades spent solving the bioeconomy’s most stubborn barrier to growth: feedstock risk. The honour lands two years after Ecostrat itself was named…
Read MoreAir Board Adopts Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive with New Cap-and-Invest Regulations
In late May, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted revisions to the state’s Cap-and-Invest (formerly, Cap & Trade) program, including the adoption of a new Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive (MDI). The MDI will help manufacturing facilities in California to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by allocating free allowances to facilities that switch from fossil fuels…
Read MoreCalBio Smashes Carbon Intensity Records
How low can it go? Well, California Bioenergy’s new dairy biogas to hydrogen project is breaking carbon intensity records in all the best ways. CalBio is working with Bar20 Dairy Farm in Kerman, California to convert dairy manure to low carbon hydrogen for transportation fueling. The California Air Resources Board has released a draft analysis…
Read MoreResources Agency Secretary Calls for Increased Biomass Use
In early May, the Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, Wade Crowfoot, called on the heads of eight other state agencies to increase inter-agency collaboration on biomass utilization. Secretary Crowfoot sent a letter to the heads of the CPUC, CEC, Air Board, CalFire, Department of Conservation, Governor’s Office of Business Development and other agencies.…
Read MoreCalBio and Mainspring Expand Use of Linear Generators on Dairies
California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio) has announced that it will expand its use of Mainspring Energy’s linear generators to provide 5.3 megawatts of emissions free power. CalBio’s purchase of an additional eight linear generators will be deployed at its North Visalia and South Tulare cluster biogas upgrading sites. CalBio was the first dairy digester developer in…
Read MoreUS Forest Service Highlights West Biofuels, Need for Forest Bioenergy
The United States Forest Service (USFS), which has provided funding for several forest BioMAT projects, is featuring West Biofuels and one of its BioMAT projects on the USFS homepage. The USFS website underscores how important bioenergy is for forest health, protection against wildfires, air quality, energy reliability and rural economic development. USFS also underscores that…
Read MoreBioMAT in the News
The Sacramento Bee and multiple other newspapers across the state have printed BAC’s op-ed in support of the BioMAT program. The op-ed urges Governor Newsom to direct the CPUC to follow the law and the science by extending the BioMAT program. More than two dozen BioMAT projects are currently in development and those projects will…
Read MoreCalRecycle’s Draft Zero Waste Plan Falls Short
CalRecycle has released a draft plan to achieve Zero Waste in California. Unfortunately, the draft is more of an overview than an action plan. It provides some important observations and examples, but very few specific, actionable items to achieve zero waste. Even more concerning, it focuses very little on organic waste, which emits methane –…
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