Chicken waste conversion project may ease ground water contamination
Has Delaware found a solution to its long-running problem of ground water contamination from the waste produced by poultry plants? A new plan to convert chicken waste from a Delaware processing plant into usable compost and natural gas promises to remove...
Chew On This: Farmers Are Using Food Waste To Make Electricity
As the season of big holiday meals kicks off, it's as good a time as any to reflect on just how much food goes to waste. So, here's one solution to the problem: Dairy farmers in Massachusetts are using food waste to create electricity. They feed waste into anaerobic...
InSinkerator’s Wisconsin Office Enables Research and Design
The world’s largest manufacturer of garbage disposals, instant hot water dispensers, and ABC member wanted a modern, state-of-the-art work environment that would optimize productivity and help attract and retain employees. The 87,000-sq-ft building for InSinkerator...
NYC DEP Seeking Energy Manager for the Bureau of Wastewater Treatment
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), an ABC member, enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise,...
Biogas Council Briefs Senate Staff on Climate Benefits from Farm-Based Renewable Energy and Advanced Biofuels
December 12, 2019 - WASHINGTON – The Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and the Minority Staff of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held a briefing for U.S. Senate staff addressing the climate benefits...
Xebec enters California dairy RNG market
Xebec Adsorption Inc., a global provider of clean energy solutions and ABC member, announced today that it signed a letter of intent on Dec. 4, 2019, with Maas Energy Works for five renewable natural gas (RNG) systems. Four of these systems will use Xebec’s innovative...
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...