A highly experienced engineer and technology provider will provide a view of system start-ups from A to Z. Pump systems, separation startups and typical troubleshooting with significant real-world examples will be discussed.

Learn from a engineer who has started-up many digestion systems what to expect from the digester to putting first gas on the pipeline. Significant discussions on what to expect from the digester as far as time frames and reality-based results.

You have started the system and mechanical processes are operating; now let’s focus on the digester’s health. Learn from highly experienced technology providers about what to look for and what the digester is trying to tell you. This is not focused on operators but the Developer understanding what the operators are dealing with in the biological process

Speakers:

Ashley Duplechien, US Energy
Bill Melick, REV LNG
Nash Stapelton, X-Caliber Rural Capital

Project development is thriving, but challenges related to permitting, weather, contractors and labor, and other variables abound. Effectively managing these challenges is crucial to keeping projects on schedule, keeping financiers and stakeholders happy and starting the flow of revenue as quickly as possible. In this session, you’ll learn where the most common delays happen, discover new tools for anticipating potential issues, and gain strategies to manage them effectively.

Speakers:

Brad Douville, Greenlane Renewables
Jeff Clarke, The Transport Project
Mark Jamieson, Cummins

Adam Comora, Opal Fuels

The demand for using RNG to fuel natural gas vehicles in California has notably declined in the past 2 years. However, the appetite for RNG as a fuel for other vehicles, including EVs and NGVs outside of California continues. Explore the future of national NGV demand, the potential for RNG to power EVs, and other demand centers for RNG.

Speakers:

Andrew Wedel, Settje Industrial
Lynn Boadwine, Boadwine Farms
Abram Babcock, Adams Land and Cattle
Tom Oesch, Swisslane Farms

The success of a dairy-RNG project involves far more than the distinct parts of a system like digester tanks, gas clean-up, interconnect, and other components. The finesse of integration between the dairy operations and manure management with the biogas production and digestate management is key. In this session, we’ll dive into where integration is needed most and mitigating risks to maximize the operations of both the farm and biogas system.

Speakers:

Bob Yeoman, Spectrum Carbonics
Brad Petersen, NLC Energy
Rome Brenneman, Archea Energy
Bruce Woerner, Consultant

Many anticipated that the upcoming changes to the 45Q carbon oxide sequestration tax credit in the Inflation reduction Act could soon provide a financial benefit for biogas systems. But few saw that the arrival of those benefits might accelerate because of the way 45Q is used today by other CO2 producers. The result threatens to dry up today’s current sources of CO2 in a way that could create new market opportunities for biogas systems to sell their CO2 to buyers who are scared of supply disruption and price spikes. Ethanol facilities that have supplied CO2 for decades to make pharmaceuticals, beverages, keep food fresh, clean, and more, are moving towards sequestering their CO2, using 45Q, which is already disrupting the CO2 market in North America. This crisis for CO2 buyers, who not only need gas supply certainty, but also want biogenic CO2 to keep their carbon footprint as small as possible, is an opportunity for the biogas industry. This session will explore the current market dynamics, new opportunities for biogas producers, and the pre-requisites for producers to meet important quality and certification targets.