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Latest News [view all]
9/21/2018
How would the widespread adoption of lagoon digesters change the impact from hurricanes?
With all the rain on the east coast recently, this is a good time to recall the main benefits of covering manure lagoons: produce more biogas, prevent GHG emissions, kill odor, keep the rain out. Here's an example of a project the American Biogas Council awarded in 2016 for setting an excellent example for how farms with manure lagoons can upgrade their facility to generate more revenue and make their operation more resilient and environmentally friendly. More>>
9/20/2018
California Commits To 100 Percent Clean Energy By 2045
The bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown makes California the second U.S. state to make such a bold pledge. Hawaii made the same pledge in 2015 More>>
9/20/2018
Changes to Clean Energy Board of Directors
Clean Energy Fuel Corp today announced that it has added two senior executives from Total S.A. to its Board of Directors. Total, one of the largest energy companies in the world, purchased a 25% stake in Clean Energy through Total Marketing in June of this year. [Clean Energy is an ABC member] More>>
9/20/2018
Florence Flooding Hits North Carolina Hog Farms Hard
More than 5,000 animals have died and dozens of waste lagoons have overflowed....Mr. Curliss said farmers moved 20,000 hogs to higher ground, which prevented a higher death toll. "From our point of view, there's a lot of heroics," he said, adding that media reports of damage to several of the state's 3,300 active hog-waste lagoons was exaggerated. More>>
9/20/2018
Time is Running Out: The U.S. Landfill Capacity Crisis
The first, the growing crisis in the US recycling industry precipitated by the closure of China's market to materials recovered from other parts of the world, has been reported extensively. What is not receiving as much attention is the looming shortage of landfill capacity in the United States. Based on data collected by Waste Business Journal, over the next five years, total landfill capacity in the U.S. is forecast to decrease by more than 15%. This means that by 2021 only 15 years of landfill capacity will remain. However, in some regions it could be only half that. More>>
9/20/2018
Biogas plant beefs up dairy farm's green credentials
A new biogas upgrading plant is expected to significantly reduce methane emissions from a dairy facility in the US. Wartsila's Puregas Solutions has signed a contract to supply a turnkey biogas upgrading plant to an Oregon site, with plans to upgrade an existing anaerobic digester (AD) to produce biomethane. More>>
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Latest Events [view all]
9/26/2018
Webinar: Regulation of Biosolids and Manure Land Application
How is land application of biosolids and manure regulated at the state and federal levels? Join the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance for an introduction to our recently produced compendia of these regulations and to the beta version of our new online tool for navigating them. More>>
10/2/2018
Power of Waste: Renewable Natural Gas for California
This full day workshop, co-hosted by ABC member Energy Vision, will discuss renewable natural gas (RNG) and its critical role in enabling California to achieve its greenhouse gas reduction and air quality goals. Energy Resource Center 9240 Firestone Blvd. Downey, CA 90241. 8:30-4pm.
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10/2/2018
Opportunities and Challenges in Anaerobic Digestion: Maryland and the Northeast US Experience
This workshop will focus on experiences and lesson learned in anaerobic digestion in Maryland and the Northeast US. More>>
10/15/2018 - 10/18/2018
ABC's Annual Conference--BioCycle REFOR18
Join us this October in Raleigh, NC for the official conference of the American Biogas Council, BioCycle REFOR18. As in past years, this is the main event of the year for the biogas industry and the ABC. On top of all the great things the BioCycle team will organize for this event, the ABC will hold a workshop, golf tournament, the annual Biogas Industry Awards & Dinner, the ABC ALL member meeting and a full track of sessions during the conference on the most important topics to grow your biogas business. More>>
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