Renewable natural gas production is on the rise in the United States, but new research from the World Resources Institute shows the potential to help fuel fleets of heavy-duty trucks and buses is larger than previously thought.
In a comparison that provides a sense of RNG’s potential, the global research nonprofit says, “About 50 million tons of unused organic waste is produced every year in the US, which is the energy-content equivalent of 6 billion gallons of diesel — or 15% of the diesel consumed by the country’s heavy-duty trucks and buses last year.”
