Finalists Announced: The Best Biogas Projects of 2019
We are excited to announce this year's finalists for the 2019 ABC Biogas Industry Awards. This year, we received many nominations for great anaerobic digestion and landfill projects across the country and these are the finalists from which top winners will be...
For some of Western NY’s family farms, diversification is the road to survival
The price milk brings is uncomfortably close to the cost of producing it, he said. In response to the challenges, “developing value-added markets for your farm products, dairy in particular, is certainly a very fine way to go,” Noble said. Five years ago, Noblehurst...
Vermont Gas and Partner Offer First RNG Product to Industrial Users and Hospitals Across the Northeast
ABC member Vermont Gas (VGS) and NG Advantage (NGA) announced today a first-of-its-kind initiative to deliver renewable natural gas (RNG) to business and institutional customers – including hospitals – through VGS’ pipeline and NGA’s virtual pipeline infrastructure....
Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods Invest $500 Million to Become Largest Renewable Natural Gas Supplier in US
Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today the companies are doubling their investment in renewable natural gas (RNG) projects across the US to $500 million through 2028. This additional investment will expand their joint venture, ABC member Align...
Welcome New Member: Thöni North America Inc.!
Thöni is one of the leading suppliers of continuous high solids anaerobic digestion (cHSAD) systems worldwide. Our sales, engineering and implementation services staff are located at our North American head offices in Pleasant Hill, CA. Thöni cHSAD solutions are ideal...
American Biogas Council Denounces EPA’s Latest RFS Rule
On Tuesday, October 15, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule that contradicted a promise to reallocate waived gallons from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and instead released a new proposal to adjust how it sets refinery targets,...
Iowa farm leaders warn Trump could lose rural voters unless he makes good on ethanol deal
Angry over proposed ethanol changes, Iowa agriculture leaders warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump will lose rural voters next year unless he makes good on a deal to restore millions of gallons of lost renewable fuel demand. "No more Iowa nice. Now, it's Iowa...
Energy Vision Honors Champions of Renewable Natural Gas
At its annual awards reception in Manhattan, the NGO and ABC member Energy Vision presented government and business leaders with awards for helping expand use of ultra-low carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) in New York and nationally. The awardees include: Rudi...
Are Ancient Bugs the Key to Storing Wind and Solar?
In this special podcast episode: We tour NREL’s new bioreactor that creates renewable methane from microorganisms, hydrogen and CO2. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and SoCalGas are currently running a new bioreactor that could turn renewable electrons into...