Brown, Roberts Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Biogas Production, Help Create a New Market for Farmers
Right now, farmers across the country have a surplus of organic material like manure, food scraps, agricultural residue, wastewater solids and liquids. All of which can be used to produce biogas that can be used to produce heat, electricity, fuel and can be injected...
American Biogas Council Helps Develop New RNG Interconnection Guide
The Northeast Gas Association (NGA) and Gas Technology Institute (GTI) released the Interconnect Guide for Renewable Natural Gas in New York State, which was sponsored by several natural gas utilities. The American Biogas Council and its member experts provided...
Last Week to Register for ABC’s Boston Digester Operator Training
On October 1 -3, join us in North Andover, MA for ABC's Boston Digester Operator Training. This limited seating intensive class is designed for digester operators, operations managers and owners although all are welcome. Each day includes both classroom training and...
Welcome New Member: Drylet, LLC!
Drylet’s innovative biotacalyst promotes the effective delivery of beneficial microbes, helping customers leverage the microbiology in their biodigesters. The dry-to-the-touch product boosts biogas generation by 30+% while increasing biosolids destruction. It is easy...
College partners with Goodrich Farm on anaerobic digester project
Middlebury College broke ground on an anaerobic digester facility at the end of August, pushing the college towards its goal of using 100% renewable energy sources by 2028. The digester, the first of its kind in Vermont, will combine cow manure and food waste to...
BioCycle Editorial: “The Times, They Are A Changin’”
Today, we ask you to “come gather ‘round” to learn about how the times are changing at BioCycle headquarters. Starting January 1, 2020, BioCycle, The Organics Recycling Authority, will be published online. After the November-December 2019 “Keepsake” issue is printed,...
New Jersey releases draft plan to reduce food waste 50% by 2030
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) recently released a draft plan to reduce food waste 50% by 2030. According to rough calculations, the agency estimates 1.46 million tons of food waste was generated in the state during 2017 and more than...
WBA calls for decisive policies to fulfill global decarbonisation potential of biogas
Following on from the recent publication of its Global Potential of Biogas report, which demonstrates that biogas could rapidly reduce world GHG emissions by a massive 12%, the World Biogas Association (WBA), an ABC member, has issued recommendations to world...
Dane County Featured In National Climate Change Study
A national report on addressing climate change released Monday highlights ABC member Dane County's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "How We Respond," from the nonprofit American Association for the Advancement of Science, features 18 communities that have...