Renewable natural gas is the only renewable energy source that can be carbon negative and can be used in all the same ways as traditional natural gas. RNG essentially recycles waste, eliminating greenhouse gas emissions produced by that waste, and putting it to good use, said Jawaad Malik, vice president, strategy and sustainability, and chief environmental officer for SoCalGas. RNG is a highly efficient way to decarbonize buildings and allows home and commercial building owners to use a green fuel while still using gas appliances, which is often the preferred solution. SoCalGas investment in both RNG and hydrogen will play a key role in helping California meet its environmental goals.
SoCalGas Applauds Recognition of Renewable Natural Gas in LEED Green Building Standards
Low-carbon renewable fuel made from waste is now another option for green building design
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today applauded the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for including use of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the latest beta version of its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building rating system. RNG is a low-carbon fuel produced from waste that can be used just like traditional natural gas. With the new system, a project may utilize RNG to earn LEED points by capturing and using biogas on site, sourcing biogas from a third party, or by purchasing biogas to store in the project s own storage system. The RNG can be used for heating, hot water and cooking in commercial buildings, and for stoves, clothes dryers, water heaters, fireplaces and heatin
SoCalGas Statement on California Public Utilities Commission Approval of Renewable Natural Gas Tariff
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2020
/PRNewswire/ Today, the California Public Utilities Commission approved SoCalGas and SDG&E s request to offer a voluntary Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Tariff. The program will allow households and businesses to purchase RNG from the utilities. SoCalGas issued the following statement in support of the decision: The approval of the Renewable Natural Gas Tariff is an important step in achieving California s climate goals. SoCalGas supports those goals. With this new program, natural gas customers will soon have the ability to purchase renewable natural gas (RNG) to fuel their homes and businesses, similar to renewable energy programs available to electric customers.
SoCalGas to Test Technology that Could Transform Hydrogen Distribution and Enable Rapid Expansion of Hydrogen Fueling Stations
New device separates hydrogen from natural gas when the two gases are blended in pipelines
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ With clean hydrogen gaining recognition worldwide as the carbon-free fuel capable of making a significant contribution to addressing climate change, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced it will field test a new technology that can simultaneously separate and compress hydrogen from a blend of hydrogen and natural gas. At scale, the technology would allow hydrogen to be easily and affordably transported via the natural gas pipeline system, then extracted and compressed at fueling stations that provide hydrogen for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Created by Netherlands-based HyET Hydrogen, the technology is designed to provide pure highly-compresse
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and STEAM:CODERS have partnered to help bridge the digital divide in four schools located in Los Angeles, Inglewood, Gardena, and Claremont. A donation from SoCalGas to STEAM:CODERS will provide educational resources including science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) programming, 140 high-grade laptops, and 120 hotspots to 1,115 K-12 students from underserved communities across Los Angeles County. Thus far this academic school year, as remote learning became the norm in many school districts, SoCalGas has partnered with five nonprofit community organizations to help bridge the digital divide.