Fourteen years ago, I helped enact the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). The law has been a tremendous success, helping the U.S. to build independence from Middle East oil, creating new markets for Illinois farmers, and helping motorists with lower fuel prices. While...

For decades, small-scale biogas systems have collected methane from landfills, sewage plants, and farms. Now, in Europe and the U.S., the growth of this renewable form of natural gas is taking off as businesses capture large amounts of methane from manure, food waste,...

As part of a new ordinance in Hennepin County, Minn., thousands of businesses that produce more than 1 ton of trash every week will be mandated to begin composting and recycling their food waste by 2020. Businesses must be compliant by January 1, 2020, as health...

Third, the EPA could require agribusiness to report GHGs (methane) emitted by cattle as part of the digestive process. While methane does not linger as long in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2), it is approximately 25 times more effective than CO2 at making the...

Quantum is a developer of Anaerobic Digestion Facilities in the Northeast, US. Quantum is part of a larger group of companies that recycles all forms of organic waste materials into beneficially reusable product. Other activities, across the group, include land...

Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc., and Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., have reintroduced the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 3744) in an effort to create a new 30% investment tax credit (ITC) for qualifying biogas and nutrient recovery projects. Final language has not...

Two case studies present performance results of externally mounted mixing systems installed at anaerobic digestion plants in California...Chopper pumps by ABC member Landia at a food waste-to-energy facility have helped boost gas production from two anaerobic...

Bill Rabbia, executive director of the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority (OHSWA), says they do their best to make one last use of the trash that ends up in landfills by capturing the methane gas it emits to generate electricity. However, Rabbia says the system is...

As part of its comprehensive effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Washington, the 2019 legislature adopted a new measure, HB 1257, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from Washington’s commercial building sector...HB 1257 adopts a series of legislative...