BioCycle REFOR19 Conference Program Preview
A preview of the BioCycle REFOR19 Conference (Madison, Wisconsin) program is available now. Sessions topics include: project financing, operations optimization, codigestion, RNG, permitting/compliance, nutrient management and recovery, power purchase agreements,...
Clean Energy Opens RNG Fueling Station in New York City
ABC member Clean Energy Fuels Corp. on July 10 welcomed New York City officials, community leaders and environmental advocates to the opening of its newest natural gas fueling station in Hunts Point, N.Y.—the first station in New York City to exclusively offer...
Renewable effort driven by hog waste
In partnership, ABC member Roeslein Alternative Energy and Smithfield Hog Production are working to capture renewable natural gas from the waste of the approximate 2 million hogs that circulate through Smithfield’s northern Missouri operations each year. The venture,...
Biden plan seeks to boost rural America through investments
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has released a broad plan to revitalize rural America through investments in agriculture, rural economies and infrastructure...The plan builds on policies the former vice president has already released on health care and...
Is ‘agri-energy’ an answer for Maine’s dairy industry?
At Flood Brothers Farm in Clinton, Jenni Tilton-Flood calls it “black gold.” Dairy farms produce a lot of manure — and they’re looking for new ways to make use of it. With 1,800 milking cows, Flood Brothers is Maine’s largest dairy farm. It also has 4,600 acres to...
EPA to hold hearing on 2020 RFS proposal July 31 in Michigan
The U.S. EPA has announced plans to hold a public hearing July 31 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on its proposed rule to set 2020 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) and the 2021 RVO for biomass-based diesel under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Representatives of the ethanol...
Reps. Kind and Reed Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Make Alternative Energy Options Affordable for Wisconsin’s Dairy Farmers
Today, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) and U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) introduced the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act, bipartisan legislation that will provide tax incentives for farmers and rural electric cooperatives who invest in biogas technology. “Wisconsin’s...
Disputed ground: The future of landfill gas-to-energy
Operators champion landfill gas as a source of renewable energy and revenue. But as communities seek to divert more organics and climate anxiety intensifies, the practice has been decried as greenwashing. The full story of landfill gas (LFG) is complicated. More >>
Electricity excluded from EPA’s proposed 2020 RFS fuel targets
The U.S. EPA last Friday released the 2020 fuel targets for the Renewable Fuel Standard known as the renewable volume obligation (RVO). More than 11 years have passed since Congress included electricity from renewable feedstocks as a qualifying fuel in the program,...