How these Massachusetts farmers are turning manure and food waste into power
NPR has done a great, share-worthy feature on a biogas system at Barstow's Dairy and Bakery at Longview Farm in Hadley, Massachusetts developed by ABC member Vanguard Renewables. It produces 1MWn of renewable electricity, enough to power the digester and the dairy...
How Zero Waste Energy is helping the city of Monterey, CA convert organics into marketable products
When it comes to zero waste pursuits, many tout composting as the most viable solution for diverting organics from landfill. But at the Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD) in Marina, California, composting is just one piece of a much larger puzzle as...
Maryland firm plans chicken litter recycling plant at Perdue’s Sussex facility
A Maryland company has announced plans to build what could be the first large-scale facility on the Delmarva Peninsula for converting poultry manure and other organic waste into energy. Bioenergy DevCo, an ABC member based in Columbia, MD has struck a 20-year deal...
Welcome New Member: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD)!
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC) is an award-winning, special-purpose district responsible for treating wastewater and providing stormwater management for residents and businesses in its service area, which encompasses 882.1...
Implications for Emissions and Clean Energy Deployment
The Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act, a discussion draft distributed to Congress on November 19th (which the ABC strongly supports), proposes to extend several tax credits for clean energy deployment and expand several others. Given the current...
Greenlane, Eisenmann, AB Energy, Others Launch Global Partnership to Provide Turn-key Biogas Solutions
Members of the international biogas industry on Dec. 3 announced the launch of the Integrated Biogas Alliance, an innovative global partnership that will offer state-of-the-art, turnkey technology solutions for converting organic waste into renewable energy and...
Larry Kudlow Hatching New Plan to Boost Biofuel Mandates
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is developing a new plan to bolster biofuel-blending requirements after ethanol allies in politically important farm states complained the current proposal doesn’t do enough to compensate for waivers exempting some small...
AcuComm Weekly Project Bulletin
This week's project bulletin from ABC member AcuComm features updates on two landfill and two AD projects in the US. More >>
U.S. Gain Partners with Brightmark Energy on Dairy RNG Sites
U.S. Gain, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG) reaches an agreement to purchase dairy-based renewable natural gas (RNG) from Brightmark Energy. Both are ABC members. Earlier this year, Brightmark Energy announced its...