Bioenergy Devco Issues RFI Corporate Waste Producers and Municipalities
As Bioenergy DevCo continues to bring their anaerobic digestion technology from Europe to North America, they are inviting corporate and municipal waste generators to join them in reconceptualizing waste as an asset rather than a burden. Some partnerships are already...
ABC Members Brightmark and Dane County, WI Complete Project’s First RNG Shipment
The first-of-its-kind in the nation renewable natural gas (RNG) offloading station at Dane County, Wisconsin’s landfill today received its first load of RNG from a manure digester in the Yahara Lakes Watershed. Brightmark has completed construction of the...
EPA determines Drylet’s biocatalyst has no impact on RIN designation under Renewable Fuel Standard program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the renewable natural gas (RNG) boosting biocatalyst Bio React AD from ABC member Drylet has no impact on biofuel pathways approved under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) federal program. “Since...
EcoEngineers releases Eco Insights Episode 2, Part 4: Bioenergy Community Outlook for the Rest of 2020
ABC member EcoEngineers invited Aaron Ratner, Operating Partner from Cross River Infrastructure Partners, and Max Vernier, VP of Bioenergy at ABC member Live Oak Bank, to join us on Episode 2 of Eco Insights to talk about biofuels investments and how the market is...
California plans for future of gas system amid ‘patchwork’ of electrification policies
As a wave of local governments in California roll out policies that promote the electrification of buildings, the state’s energy regulators have been saddled with a complicated task: planning for the future of its natural gas system. Around 30 cities in California...
Wisconsin dairy begins production of renewable natural gas
A Wisconsin dairy farm is now producing renewable natural gas with the help of three American Biogas Council members. This spring, U.S. Gain and CMD CNG Energy Solutions – both of which are headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin – completed a gas processing facility at...
SoCalGas President Maryam Brown on Meeting State’s GHG Reduction Goals and Why RNG is Needed to Meet Them
There is no way to reach California’s ambitious climate goals—like getting to carbon-neutral—without carbon-negative fuels, including renewable natural gas and hydrogen. Let me expand on that. According to a recent Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory study, to...
Bioenergy DevCo and Chesapeake Utilities Corporation Partner To Bring RNG to Delmarva Peninsula
Bioenergy DevCo (BDC), a leading global developer of anaerobic digestion facilities that create renewable energy and healthy soil products from organic material, and ABC member, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Chesapeake Utilities Corporation on a...
Why Co-digest Food Waste and Sludge?
Some municipalities are co-digesting food waste and sludge at wastewater treatment plants, finding that adding food to the mix significantly increases biogas production without affecting quality. Still, once food is added to these plants’ digesters, the biogas...