Top utility executives from Canada’s Énergir, the United States’ Southern California Gas Company and French Engie subsidiaries GRDF and GRTgaz recently presented a global discussion and vision on viable solutions for fighting climate change at the international Movin’On summit in Montreal. This was the first time executives from the four companies have presented publicly since announcing their intent last year to work together to enhance the development of renewable natural gas and low- and zero-carbon technologies.
Some of the highlights from the event, moderated by Énergir CEO Sophie Brochu, included discussion on the role of RNG and its growth potential, renewable energy technologies such as power-to-gas, and effective ways to reduce transportation emissions through the deployment of natural gas vehicles fueled with RNG.
Within the last year, the group has visited the innovative demonstrator GRHYD, which is testing injection of hydrogen into the GRDF grid, in northern France; a biomethane injection plant and GRTgaz’s Jupiter 1000 power-to-gas demonstration project in southern France; SoCalGas-funded research and development projects in California; and a biomethane project in Quebec hosted by Énergir.