Thu, Sep 21
|Developing RNG Digesters
Developing RNG Digesters
Walk through the project development process, types of projects, obstacles, future projects and future trends wit Ralph Epling, Sustainable Energy Ventures, LLC.
Time & Location
Sep 21, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
Developing RNG Digesters
About the event
According to the American Biogas Council, the U.S. has more than 2,300 sites producing biogas in all 50 states: 475 anaerobic digesters on farms, 1,269 water resource recovery facilities using an anaerobic digester, 97 stand-alone systems that digest food waste, and 549 landfill gas projects. Join us as Ralph Epling, Sustainable Energy Ventures, LLC, walks through digester development in the region, including:
- Project development — requirements and pitfalls
- Types of projects in the region
- Relationship of markets to project types and funding
- Newly developing projects and markets
- Competition/challenges and extraneous items
- Inflation Reduction Act
Ralph Epling, Principal at Sustainable Energy Ventures, LLC, has 35 years of energy industry experience, spending the last 14 years monetizing Renewable Natural Gas from successful projects in the Pacific NW -- including the King County South Wastewater Treatment plant, King County landfill and the City of Tacoma WWTP.
Who's Attending?
Rachel Anderson, Avista
Brit Stottlemyre, Avista
Steve Vincent, Avista
Shaun Henson, Cascade Natural Gas
Kent Crouse, Cascade Natural Gas
Ted McCammant, Cascade Natural Gas
Nick Butson, Geosyntec Consultants
Tingting Jiang, GeoSyntec Consultants
Lynn McGuire, GeoSyntec Consultants
Megan Koelzer, MDU
Kris Maylett, MFCP Inc.
Kevin Duell, NW Natural
Mike Mott, NW Natural
Celina Russell, NW Natural
Sharla Moffet, Oregon Business Industry
Richard Greenwell, United Energy Trading
Matthew Vollenweider, TC Energy
Justin Pino, United Energy Trading