Vermont Gas Honored with Green Power Leadership Award
ABC member Vermont Gas (VGS) today was selected by the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) as a Green Power Leadership Award winner (GPLA) for its first-in-the-nation renewable natural gas program. The GPLAs were presented by the nonprofit CRS and the EPA at the...
Phosphate fertiliser ‘crisis’ threatens world food supply
Phosphate use has quadrupled in the last 50 years as the global population has grown and the date when it is estimated to run out gets closer with each new analysis of demand, with some scientists projecting that moment could come as soon as a few decades’ time...At...
Forget moonshots — it’s time now for a global ‘soilshot’ to address climate change
It’s time to take soil seriously. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states with very high confidence (PDF) in its latest report, land degradation represents "one of the biggest and most urgent challenges" that humanity faces...To avert climate...
SCS Energy Breaks Ground on Indy Landfill Gas to RNG Plant
SCS Energy broke ground on construction of a 4,000-scfm landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Indianapolis. Indy High Btu, LLC engaged SCS Energy to build the RNG plant under an EPC agreement. SCS Energy, an ABC member, is a practice of SCS Engineers...
Welcome New Member: Malmberg Water AB!
Malmberg Water AB is a leading supplier of biogas upgrading plants with water wash technology. We have 100 reference sites in Europe and are looking to establish a presence in North America. Globally, Malmberg is an international cleantech company. We provide...
Get with the (Digestate Certification) Program
Biogas producers struggling to generate revenue from their digestate may find an opportunity to turn this around through the American Biogas Council’s Digestate Standard Testing and Certification Program. Stonyvale Farm is family-run dairy operation in a remote part...
Renewable natural gas: The climate change solution with limited awareness of its potential
When it comes to addressing climate change, we must pursue the many diverse approaches for reducing carbon emissions. One of the most overlooked opportunities in our arsenal today is renewable natural gas (RNG). It's simply not getting enough attention in relationship...
Rabobank Reports on how consolidation has changed the dairy industry
It’s no secret that the average herd size of U.S. dairies has steadily increased for several decades. Data from the 2017 USDA Ag Census is proving how dramatic the growth has become and the effect it is having on the industry. Fifty-five percent of milk cows in the...
U.S. Trails in Converting Manure to Power, But Israeli Start-up SGTech May Offer Solution
While animal manure is piling up around the world, threatening widespread pollution, the U.S. trails Europe and other parts of the world in finding a solution. ”Our recent research shows that anaerobic digestion and biogas can help reduce global GHG emissions by 10%...