Fuel

The challenge aims to help NASA develop waste-to-energy technology that can recycle plastic waste into useful gases.

The mechanical biological treatment process will blend organics and non-organics with compost materials to create a solid recovered fuel.

Hydrothermal processing technology also reduces greenhouse gas emissions by three times that of anaerobic digestion, according to SoCalGas.

The facility will take in mixed waste single-use plastics and convert them into usable products at commercial scale.

The proposed facility planned to take in 150,000 tons of municipal solid waste a year and turn it into fuel for factories making cement.

SoCalGas’ plan includes replacing 20 percent of traditional natural gas supply with RNG by 2030, while offering RNG to its customers in Central and Southern California

Clean Energy Fuels has seen an uptick in demand for renewable natural gas from the refuse sector, particularly in California.