Los Angeles to Combine Food Waste, Biosolids for Massive Energy Project
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD) is tapping into existing infrastructure at its wastewater treatment plant to be able to process food waste and convert it to renewable power or transportation fuel. Organics will be processed at its Puente Hills...
New Policy Brief on West Coast Low Carbon Transportation Fuel Programs
The transportation system on the Pacific Coast accounts for at least 40% of regional greenhouse gas emissions. Using cleaner fuels in transportation is an important strategy to meet the region’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% over the next 30 years....
Turning table scraps into energy
The recent approval by the trustees of Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) for a food scraps-to-energy plant, to be built in Yaphank, links to an original purpose of LIPA — to develop safe, alternative means of power. The LIPA trustees voted unanimously on March 20 for...
After mega-dairy was shut down, Oregon lawmakers consider a moratorium on new operations
Lost Valley was shut down by the state earlier this year after repeated violations of environmental rules, and in the aftermath of its sale, farm and environmental advocates are urging passage of a bill that would issue a temporary moratorium on similar operations....
ABC Member, Dane Country launches a biofuel project to power CNG vehicles across Midwest U.S.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced that Kwik Trip will be one of the primary dispensers of the renewable vehicle fuel generated by the county’s landfill biogas project when it reaches completion later this year. When finished, the project will be able to turn...
Wastewater Is An Asset — It Contains Nutrients, Energy And Precious Metals, And Scientists Are Learning How To Recover Them
Most of the used water will eventually become wastewater that must be treated before it can be discharged into nature. And that treatment uses a lot of energy. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water and wastewater facilities account for more than...
ABC Member, Brightmark Energy Launches Central Washington’s First Dairy Biogas Project
Brightmark Energy, a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, recently launched a biogas project in Yakima County, Washington, that will convert 150,000 gallons per day of dairy waste from up to 7,000 cows into 160,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas...
Patricio O’Ward Partners with GESS International and the American Biogas Council for Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
Patricio O’Ward will partner with GESS International as an associate sponsor for this weekend's Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama and will be joined again next week as both an associate and primary sponsor at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. O’Ward’s No. 31 Carlin...
Biogas Industry Goes Mainstream, Sponsors Two Teams at Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
This weekend, the biogas industry breaks through to mainstream America on the IndyCars driven by Colton Herta with Harding Steinbrenner racing and Patricio O’Ward with Carlin Motorsport at the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Producing and using biogas replaces...