Environmental benefits of Renewable Natural Gas
Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)1 allows us to take waste and put it to work, helping us meet our 30BY30 target to reduce our customers’ GHG emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, in support of the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030. We’re excited to be working with farmers, landfills, municipalities and other suppliers to make RNG.
Renewable Natural Gas helps reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
When you use RNG, it eliminates the GHGs that would otherwise be emitted from using the same amount of conventional natural gas. This versatile, innovative fuel can be used to reduce GHG emissions in homes, businesses and the transportation sector.
Renewable Natural Gas is carbon neutral
- RNG is a carbon neutral energy source, because it does not contribute any net carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.2
- The combustion of RNG releases biogenic carbon dioxide, which does not add to the natural carbon cycle.3
Offsetters, Canada’s leading carbon management solutions provider, independently reviewed FortisBC’s RNG offering. Offsetters assessed the expected lifecycle emissions savings of RNG and confirmed that RNG meets the requirements to be granted Offsetters’ Carbon Neutral Product status in BC, in its report Offsetters’ Biomethane Greenhouse Gas Emissions Review for FortisBC.
Additionally, the BC government considers biomethane from organic waste (including agriculture, landfill, wood waste or waste water sources) to be a carbon neutral fuel source.3 RNG has been approved by BC’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources for inclusion within the province’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard for transportation.4
Certified carbon neutral
FortisBC’s RNG has been designated as carbon neutral in BC by Offsetters.
Renewable Natural Gas production can create sustainable byproducts
- Our suppliers may be able to produce byproducts that can be used as organic fertilizer, mulch or hygienic bedding material for livestock.
- Local farmers may become less reliant on chemical fertilizers, because these nutrient-rich byproducts can replace or minimize the use of chemical fertilizers.
Why should you consider being part of this? A few insiders explain why they're so passionate about RNG:
1Renewable Natural Gas is produced in a different manner than conventional natural gas. It is derived from biogas, which is produced from decomposing organic waste from landfills, agricultural waste and waste water from treatment facilities.
The biogas is captured and cleaned to create carbon neutral Renewable Natural Gas (also called biomethane).
2Ministry of Finance, Tax Bulletin, Natural Gas and Biomethane Sellers, Carbon Tax Act—page 4
3Biomethane Greenhouse Gas Emissions Review for FortisBC by Offsetters—page ii
4Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation