Flint will turn food waste into energy at water pollution plant
New equipment at Flint’s Water Pollution Plant will start turning food waste into energy. BioWorks Energy LLC, which has operated the plant since 2009, is purchasing a depackager. The machine will process packaged food waste, turn it into a waste stream and generate...
SoCalGas Moving Forward with Dairy Biomethane Projects
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to begin the next phase of construction of four new dairy biomethane projects in California. Earlier this month, the CPUC approved contracts between...
Utah’s rotten, stinky food can now be transformed into natural gas and fertilizer. Grocery stores and restaurants rejoice.
Imagine Utah as home to a voracious beast, able to consume 5 million gallons of food scraps — from rotten lettuce and rancid hamburger to spoiled milk and dirty frying oil. Utah’s first anaerobic food digester revved up in late February and, as of last week, was...
Final E15/RIN reform rule under review by OMB
The U.S. EPA’s final E15/RIN market reform rule is under review by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The agency is expected to release the rule before the June 1 start of the summer driving season. The EPA sent the final rule to the OMB on May 23....
U.S. lawmaker wants EPA’s use of biofuel waivers investigated
Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth on Wednesday asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General to investigate why the agency vastly expanded its use of waivers to exempt small refineries from the nation’s biofuel law. The request, made in...
US Representatives introduce Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act 2019
Last week, Chairman of the US House Committee on Agriculture, Collin Peterson, together with Representatives Dusty Johnson, Dave Loebsack, Rodney Davis and Roger Marshall introduced the bipartisan Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act of 2019. The legislation aims to...
3 Reasons Why Renewable Natural Gas Is A Game Changer
UPS just announced the largest renewable natural gas (RNG) order in U.S. history. By switching from diesel to RNG, UPS vehicles fueling at 18 company-owned and operated natural gas stations across 12 states will realize a significant reduction in greenhouse gas...
Capstone Turbine caps a wave of good news with Indy 500 sponsorship
ABC member Capstone has partnered with biogas producer Green Energy Sustainable Solutions Inc (GESS) of North Carolina at the event to foster awareness of biogas and renewable natural gas as the clean-energy fuels of the future as a way to help combat the effects of...
ABC decries EPA’s indiscriminate granting of SREs
The American Biogas Council released the following statement in response to the Administration’s continued attempts to erode the Renewable Fuel Standard by indiscriminately granting of small refinery exemptions (SREs). “The continued issuance of small refinery...