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California Renewable Gas Policy
- Why Biogas is So Important
- Regulatory framework and barriers
- Changes Needed
Why Biogas is So Important Regulatory framework and barriers - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Why Biogas is So Important Regulatory framework and barriers - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
California Renewable Gas Policy Why Biogas is So Important Regulatory framework and barriers Changes Needed Why Biogas Matters So Much Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Reduce black carbon from wildfire and diesel emissions
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Why Biogas Matters So Much
- Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
✓Reduce black carbon from wildfire and diesel emissions ✓Reduce methane from dairies, landfills, other organic waste
- Reduce catastrophic wildfire
- Reduce air pollution
- Reduce landfilling
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Biogas Provides:
- Flexible generation, renewable power
- Lowest carbon fuels and renewable hydrogen
- Renewable gas for heating, cooling, cooking,
industrial and purposes
- Lots of Jobs
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Potential Biogas Production in CA
- 350 billion scf (10 million m³) biogas per year
= 5-6,000 MW of flexible generation, renewable power, or = 3 Billion gallons of low carbon fuels
➢ enough to replace 90% of diesel used in CA
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Feedstock Amount Technically Available Billion Cubic Feet Methane Million Gasoline Gallon Equivalents Landfill Gas 106 BCF 53 457 Animal Manure 3.4 M BDT 19.5 168 Waste Water Treatment Gas 11.8 BCF 7.7 66 Fats, Oils and Greases 207,000 tons 1.9 16 Municipal Solid Waste (food, leaves, grass) 1.2 M BDT 12.7 109 Municipal Solid Waste lignocellulosic fraction) 6.7 M BDT 65.9 568 Agricultural Residue (Lignocellulosic) 5.3 M BDT 51.8 446 Forestry and Forest Product Residue 14.2 M BDT 139 1,200 BIOGAS POTENTIAL 351 3,030
Source: Rob Williams and Stephen Kaffka, UC Davis, presentation to the California Energy Commission on January 30, 2017
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Policies to Increase Biogas in California
Renewable Electricity
- AB 2196 – RPS preference for instate biogas
- SB 1122 – 250 MW of small-scale bioenergy
- SGIP and NEM
- Governor’s Emergency Order
- SB 840 – BioMAT interconnection
Pipeline Access
- AB 1900 – pipeline biogas standards and incentives
- SB 840 – CCST/CPUC must reconsider BTU and siloxanes
- AB 2313 – increases incentives for pipeline biogas interconnection
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Policies to Increase Biogas (cont’d)
Low Carbon Fuel Standard
- Incentives based on carbon intensity
- No long term contracts
- ARB proposing technology specific changes, moving away from
fuel/technology neutrality
Renewable Hydrogen
- SB 1505 – 33% renewable hydrogen requirement
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SB 1383 (Lara, 2016)
- Requires 75% diversion of organic
waste by 2025
- Creates incentives for dairy biogas
- Requires CEC to recommend
policies to increase renewable gas
- Other agencies must adopt those
policies and incentives
- CPUC must also adopt policies and
incentives
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How Much is CA Using Now?
CA Biogas Potential
Potential Actual Use
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Barriers to Instate Biogas
- Public Misconceptions
- Technology / policymaker bias
- Failure to monetize benefits
- Misaligned Incentives
- No long-term market certainty
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Policies and Incentives Needed
- Long-term market certainty
- Pipeline and transmission access
- Technology neutral policies
and definitions
- Increase R&D
- Monetize benefits of biogas
- Align incentives with policy
priorities
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