Renewable Natural Gas Creating Opportunity to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
“Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide over 100 years, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It is responsible for about 16 percent of global emissions, with agriculture and waste management being two...
Seven Companies Join American Biogas Council Board
January 28 - WASHINGTON – The American Biogas Council (ABC) announced today seven companies who have joined its Board of Directors. Each is a key player in the growing biogas industry. U.S. Gain, Bryan Nudelbacher, Director of Business DevelopmentAir Liquide, Chip...
Vermont Gas to be Zero Emission by 2050
Vermont Gas Systems, the state’s sole provider of natural gas and an ABC member, announced their plan to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions from their operations by 2050. The company also unveiled plans to double energy efficiency savings, outlined strategies to...
WI State Funds Awarded to Appleton Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Biogas Boiler
A state program is giving the City of Appleton almost $170,000 for a project at the wastewater treatment plant. Mayor Tim Hanna says they’re taking the methane gas that’s created at the facility and converting it into energy. He says that way, they don’t need to use...
Bioenergy Insight: The Future of Bioenergy in 2020
Shawn Kreloff, CEO of ABC member Bioenergy DevCo was recently featured as an industry expert in Bioenergy Insight magazine, where he and others in the industry shared their predictions for the bioenergy sector in 2020. Views from other ABC members, World Biogas...
Managing PFAS Chemicals In Composting And Anaerobic Digestion
[BioCycle] A lot of media attention is currently given to the issue of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The issues for composting and anaerobic digestion facilities are the presence of PFAS in finished compost or digestate products, and the presence of PFAS...
U.S. Gain Purchases Another Digester at Wisconsin Dairy
U.S. Gain, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas for the transportation and energy markets, and an ABC member, announced the purchase of another anaerobic digester – this one located at Deer Run Dairy, LLC in Kewaunee,...
Brightmark Energy Partners with Larson Family Farms on Florida Biogas Project
Brightmark Energy, a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company and ABC member, announced today that it has partnered with four dairy farms in central Florida to build and operate three anaerobic digesters that will convert a total of 230,000 tons of...
BlackRock CEO says the climate crisis is about to trigger ‘a fundamental reshaping of finance’
In an annual letter to CEOs published Tuesday, BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink said: “Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects...But awareness is rapidly changing, and I believe we are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of...