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U.S. Gain Secures RNG Offtake Agreement with Holsum Dairies

June 1, 2020

Appleton, Wisconsin, June 1, 2020– U.S. Gain proudly announces the completion of a renewable natural gas (RNG) offtake agreement with Holsum Dairies located in Hilbert, Wisconsin. RNG produced will be taken to U.S. Gain’s fleet customers in California, displacing nearly 900,000 gallons of gasoline. Holsum Dairies consist of two separate farms (Elm Dairy and Irish Dairy) with digesters that breakdown animal waste to create methane that later is converted to RNG. Raw digester gas from Irish Dairy is transported via pipeline to a central conditioning plant located at Elm Dairy, where it is stripped of impurities to produce RNG. The...

U.S. Gain Becomes Largest RNG Supplier in Oregon

May 15, 2020

Appleton, Wis., May 18, 2020 – U.S. Gain, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG) for the transportation and energy markets becomes largest RNG supplier in Oregon, through supply agreements with Salem Area Mass Transit District, Gresham Sanitary, Heiberg Garbage & Recycling and Pride Disposal. This news comes shortly after U.S. Gain announced their RNG supply agreement with the Port of Seattle for use at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport. “RNG offers significant greenhouse gas and criterion air pollutant emission reductions, benefitting not only our planet, but also the health and livability for residents in...

U.S. Gain Brings More Dairy-Based RNG to California

May 5, 2020

Appleton, Wisconsin, May 5, 2020– U.S. Gain, a leader in renewable natural gas (RNG) development and distribution, is pleased to announce they have reached an offtake agreement with DTE Biomass Energy for RNG produced at Statz Brothers Farms located in Marshall, WI. Purchased RNG will be taken to the California transportation market. Two digesters located at Statz Brothers Farms have been making renewable electricity since 2009 and as their power purchase agreement neared expiration, the farm was seeking new opportunities to utilize the onsite digesters. “In the past, renewable electricity produced at dairy farms was in high demand by power...

U.S. Gain Supplies RNG for Thermal Emission Reductions

April 17, 2020

Appleton, WI, April 20, 2020– U.S. Gain is pleased to announce that it has completed a renewable natural gas (RNG) supply agreement with the Port of Seattle. RNG will be used to heat Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and power its fleet of buses. “We’re proud to assist the Port of Seattle in meeting its 2030 carbon reduction goals well ahead of schedule,” said U.S. Gain Director of RNG Business Development Bryan Nudelbacher. “RNG is widely used by fleets across market sectors to reduce transportation-related emissions. More recently though, we’re seeing organizations take interest in RNG for other uses – such...

U.S. Gain Completes RNG Project at Clover Hill Dairy

April 15, 2020

Appleton, WI, April 15, 2020– U.S. Gain recently completed a gas processing facility at Clover Hill Dairy in Campbellsport, Wisconsin. The result is good news for the renewable natural gas industry, the environment and the farm. Anaerobic digesters break down organic matter and, as the bacteria used in the process “work,” they generate biogas. The non-methane components of the biogas are removed so the methane can be used as a fuel or energy source. The upgrade at Clover Hill Dairy was necessary to begin production of renewable natural gas (RNG), a cleaner and more desirable alternative fuel that reduces transportation...

U.S. Gain Builds New RNG Fueling Station for Moreno Valley USD

February 18, 2020

Appleton, Wis., February 19, 2020 – U.S. Gain, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG) announces the completion of a new onsite natural gas fueling station for Moreno Valley Unified School District, supplied with RNG, providing the district strong environmental and economic returns. Moreno Valley USD, located in Moreno Valley, California, is home to over 34,000 students, 3,700 employees, 23 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 4 high schools and 9 specialized schools and programs. They’ve won 8 Golden Bell awards, 15 models of excellence and have been named one of only 20 “Schools to Watch”...

U.S. Gain First to Provide RNG Through New M-RETS RTC Platform

January 29, 2020

Appleton, Wis., January 30, 2020 – U.S. Gain, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG), becomes first to provide RNG for use in voluntary markets through the Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS) Renewable Thermal Certificate (RTC) platform. As a state-of-the-art platform that validates environmental attributes of energy, M-RETS is a leader in the environmental commodity tracking space and serves as a trusted centralized gateway to environmental markets and eliminating double-counting errors. M-RETS issues a unique, traceable digital certificate for every dekatherm (dth) produced by a renewable thermal generator. Types of renewable thermal technologies include...

U.S. Gain Among Seven Companies That Join the American Biogas Council Board

January 29, 2020

January 28 (American Biogas Council) – WASHINGTON – The American Biogas Council (ABC) announced today seven companies who have joined its Board of Directors. Each is a key player in the growing biogas industry. U.S. Gain, Bryan Nudelbacher, Director of Business Development Air Liquide, Chip Stoicovy, Vice President, Clean Energy Solutions Trillium, Charles Love, Renewable Energy Acquisition VGS (formerly Vermont Gas Systems), Tom Murray, Vice President-Customers and Communities Bioenergy DevCo, Peter Ettinger, Chief Development Officer Mendota Agri-Products, Jessica Linville-LeRoy, Director of Sustainable Solutions, and Baker Tilly, Mike Land, Senior Managing Director. Descriptions for each company can be found in ABC’s industry directory and...

U.S. Gain Purchases Digester at Deer Run Dairy

January 22, 2020

Appleton, Wis., January 23, 2020 – U.S. Gain, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas for the transportation and energy markets, announces the purchase of another anaerobic digester – this one located at Deer Run Dairy, LLC in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. U.S. Gain is currently coordinating the installation of biogas clean-up equipment at Deer Run Dairy, LLC to strip the impurities from the biogas. Next, U.S. Gain will lead project certification efforts through established relationships with both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB). Once certified, the gas will be injected into the...

U.S. Gain Partners with Brightmark Energy on Dairy RNG Sites

December 2, 2019

Appleton, Wis., December 3, 2019 – U.S. Gain, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG) reaches an agreement to purchase dairy-based renewable natural gas (RNG) from Brightmark Energy. Earlier this year, Brightmark Energy announced its investment in Madison, Wisconsin, Yakima County, Washington and Byron, New York dairy farms. Together, these farms will produce enough RNG to fuel greenhouse gas emission savings equivalent to removing 6,981 passenger vehicles from U.S. roadways for one year. Brightmark Energy selected U.S. Gain as a partner thanks to their gas marketing capabilities, namely, their immediate link to the California transportation...