Industry News

New Yorkers will soon be cooking with their own gas. The poop of Big Apple residents is being turned into methane at Brooklyn’s Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant — and the gas will now be used to fuel up to 5,000 local homes. “We have found a gas well in the...

Natural gas trucks have been tested and proven to have enough power to meet all of your needs and accomplish the same work that diesel engines do, and according to some drivers, even better! Natural Gas trucks are effective and durable despite one's uphill/downhill...

A partnership with Promus Energy and ABC members Brightmark Energy and Regenis has made it possible for Central Washington dairy to begin converting dairy manure into renewable natural gas. Dan DeRuyter of George DeRuyter and Sons Dairy in Outlook says a natural gas...

The statewide energy efficiency and renewable resources program is honoring 18 winners, each chosen for their efforts to improve energy efficiency in Wisconsin. Later this year, Focus on Energy will join the winners’ respective utilities to honor that commitment in an...

If you are passionate about our mission focused upon sustainability, enjoy managing a small team of equally passionate professionals, and love rising to meet challenges, then you should consider becoming Sustain Dane’s new Executive Director. Under the direction of...

Trash thrown away by Dane County residents will now help reduce greenhouse gas emissions as the county begins turning the gas released from decomposing garbage into transportation fuel. ABC member, Dane county had long been trapping the methane and other gases emitted...

Hope springs eternal after a long winter, and dairy experts are feeling optimistic that the dairy industry may be showing signs of recovery. "The news that milk production has really slowed ought to help straighten things out and keep milk prices moving in the right...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is moving forward with plans to relocate two influential scientific agencies out of downtown Washington, a cost-saving initiative that critics fear could provoke mass resignations among employees who perform critical agricultural...

The Medina County Solid Waste District is close to finishing its improvements to the Kenneth W. Hotz Water Reclamation Facility, which will include two anaerobic digesters that will convert sludge from the wastewater treatment process into energy. The project, which...

At the International Biomass Conference & Expo, technology developers, academia, investors, service and equipment providers, plant personnel and a range of other stakeholders met to gather information, network and collaborate. Trade organization executives...