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,...
EPA proposes 2020 RVOs, 2021 RVO for biomass-based diesel
The U.S. EPA has proposed to require 20.04 billion gallons of renewable fuels to be blended into the U.S. fuel supply next year, up from 19.92 billion gallons in 2019, according to a rulemaking released by the agency July 5. The agency has proposed to set the 2020 RVO...
American Biogas Council Denounces EPA’s Draft 2020 RFS Fuel Targets
The American Biogas Council (ABC) Executive Director, Patrick Serfass, issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of the 2020 Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): “While we...
Chobani unveils program to support the ‘future of dairy’
Greek yogurt maker Chobani LLC, the second-largest overall yogurt manufacturer in the United States, announced a comprehensive new program to further its commitment to positive transformation of its “milkshed” — supporting the economic, environmental and social...
BioCycle REFOR19 Conference Site Tours Announced
The first site tour is GL Dairy Biogas Project, which adds 16 million kWh per year to the local grid. The project is a partnership between ABC members Gunderson Health Systems, Dane County and three farms. The digester at Statz B, the second tour site, utilizes a...
Poop power: livestock byproducts turn into renewable energy
If you turned on your light switch today, thank a farmer! That's the impressive sentiment I felt after touring a poultry processing facility in South Carolina. I was there as a guest with (ABC Member) Brightmark Energy, my latest social media partnership where we are...
Biogas as a Resource: Breaking Down the Benefits and Potential Roadblocks
When food and yard waste are landfilled, those organic materials become a source of methane emissions contributing to global warming and climate change. But biogas—primarily composed of methane and carbon dioxide—is produced from the breakdown of organic matter via...
Grassley Statement on New Threats to RFS
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement in response to recent media reports on new threats to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “For years, Big Oil and its advocates on and off Capitol Hill have worked hard to undermine the RFS and dole...