RNG offloading station at Wisconsin landfill receives biogas
The renewable natural gas (RNG) offloading station at Dane County’s landfill is scheduled to receive its first load of biogas this week. The biogas will be brought from a Wisconsin digester that collects the methane from manure which reduces greenhouse gas emissions...
Roeslein Alternative Energy: RNG output not impacted by COVID-19
Roeslein Alternative Energy Inc. is continuing operations and does not currently expect the COVID-19 pandemic to have a significant impact on its current renewable natural gas (RNG) production capabilities. Brandon Butler, director of communications at Roeslein...
U.S. Gain Completes RNG Project at Clover Hill Dairy
U.S. Gain recently completed a gas processing facility at Clover Hill Dairy in Campbellsport, Wisconsin. The result is good news for the renewable natural gas industry, the environment and the farm. U.S. Gain, an ABC member, has partnered with several farming...
Port of Seattle to Halve Carbon Emissions with Renewable Fuel Contract
The Port of Seattle Commission approved a contract to enable the Port to reach its 2030 goal to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent, almost a decade early. This long-sought major milestone, voted on at the Commission meeting on April 14, 2020, results from...
Turning Food Waste into Renewable Energy, a Business Opportunity
Did you know that the food that’s gone bad in your fridge can help generate electricity for your community? As efforts to curb global warming have gotten stronger, the renewable energy industry has kicked innovation into high gear. Among the many renewable energy...
New ABC Webinar: Digesting Dumped Dairy, 4/15
Might your digester or a biogas system be asked to accept a large amount of milk? What are the implications? Recently, struggling dairy farmers have been told to dump their milk, amid the coronavirus outbreak. For many farms, market for their milk has disappeared...
Food waste impacts emerging as coronavirus shifts life from commercial to residential
Food waste experts are slowly assessing the short and long-term impacts of the new coronavirus, which remain murky. Initial volume shifts are unclear at the moment, but a major surge in grocery purchases appears to be driving a decline in food waste associated with...
Transportation Fuels New Opportunities for Farmers
Over the past several years, farmers have deployed a variety of diversification strategies to enable their long-term stability. While some farms are investing in robotic technology to combat labor shortages, others are entering the organics market to satisfy consumer...
EPA: 36.77 cellulosic RINs generated in February
The U.S. EPA recently released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for February, reporting that nearly 1.54 billion RINs were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard during the month, including more than 36.77 million cellulosic RINs. (The 2020...