Des Moines Wastewater Will Turn Waste into Millions and RNG
The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority’s (WRA) efforts to produce renewable fuel is now complete. WRA, an ABC member, will upgrade their biogas to RNG for pipeline injection. The project will produce $3,000,000 annually which will allow the WRA...
Smithfield Foods CEO to retire
Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer and ABC member, announced Monday that President and CEO Kenneth M. Sullivan will retire in early 2021 after nearly 20 years with the company. Chief Operating Officer Dennis Organ will succeed...
Waste Management updates sustainability plan with 2025 targets focused on climate
Waste Management's latest sustainability report includes a newly publicized set of 2025 targets as part of its longer-term push to "reduce, avoid and offset four times the emissions we generate in our operations by 2038." As part of that original plan, Waste...
Should we electrify everything?
Even in the midst of the pandemic, with wildfires and storms raging, it is imperative to get on with fighting climate change. This crisis is also an opportunity to chart a green recovery, transition to a post -fossil fuel economy, and ramp up renewables rapidly. Some...
Value in manure: Harvesting methane good for the environment, NC economy
What does a Pennsylvania potato farmer’s question at a Joe Biden Town Hall have to do with North Carolina? A lot, actually. It’s not so much about the question, however, as it was about the answer — an answer which had North Carolina written all over it. Specifically,...
U.S. Gain and Nacelle Develop Wisconsin Dairy RNG Project
Appleton, Wis., October 12, 2020 – U.S. Gain, a leader in the development and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG) is proud to announce the anaerobic digester at Deer Run Dairy is complete, transforming animal waste to clean, low carbon fuel...
Renewable Natural Gas from Biogas, AB Energy Launches BIOCH4NGE in North America
AB Energy is proud to announce the introduction of its revolutionary BIOCH4NGE® technology to the North American market. The BIOCH4NGE® system is the culmination of nearly four decades of advancements from the experience AB has acquired in the global cogeneration and...
RNG heats up with slurry of 2020 deals, big players involved, Chevron, BP, Brightmark, Aemetis, Verbio, Greenlane Renewables
Brightmark and Chevron just formed a joint venture to own projects across the United States to produce and market dairy biomethane. Greenlane Renewables signed a $5.8 million contract with Brightmark. Construction started in Ohio on a $33 million RNG project. Verbio’s...
Podcast: Dairy Farmer Dan Brick is Committed to Soil Health, Water Quality and Carbon Neutral Milk Production
Dan Brick is a fifth-generation farmer in Greenleaf, Wisconsin who earnestly takes his role as steward and caretaker of Wisconsin’s natural resources and water ways. In our conversation we talked about some of the challenges with farming in Wisconsin, experimentation...