Nuclear, Biogas and the Future of Ohio’s Energy Sector
Diversifying Ohio’s energy production portfolio could create new jobs and help keep utility prices steady for ratepayers. Installing anaerobic digesters at water resource recovery facilities (WRRF), also known as wastewater treatment plants, in the Buckeye State...
Manure is big business at Oregon’s largest dairy with conversion to natural gas
Boardman’s Threemile Canyon Farms is partnering with a Portland investment fund in a $55 million project to convert methane from the waste produced by its 70,000 cows into natural gas, which will be sold to power buses and garbage trucks in Southern California....
Tracking sludge flow for better wastewater treatment and more biogas
A new way of tracking how sewage sludge flows during thermal treatment could help engineers design better wastewater treatment plants and boost production of biogas. Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, demonstrated how the flow behaviour of sludge...
Running effective organics collection programs
As the zero-waste movement gains momentum, so does the public’s desire to responsibly dispose of what consumes nearly one-third of municipal waste—food scraps. The uptick in demand has resulted in a boom of municipal organics curbside collection programs in recent...
Biogas from organic waste could replace 90% of the diesel fuel used in California
“If we used all the organic waste available, we could produce approximately 350 billion m3 of biogas per year, equivalent to 2 billion gallons of petrol and enough to replace 90% of the diesel fuel used in California.” As affirmed by Julia Levin, Executive Director of...
Waste Management unveils environmentally friendly fleet
Waste Management, an ABC member, unveiled its newest compressed natural gas-powered disposal trucks on Wednesday that will service Calcasieu and Cameron parishes and residential and commercial customers in Vinton, Westlake and Iowa, La., in hopes of providing cleaner...
GESS International Sponsors IndyCar, Taking Biogas Mainstream
The biogas industry got its own push to pass boost this weekend from INDYCAR thanks to GESS International Inc. They’ve linked the clean, renewable power of biogas with the incredible Harding Steinbrenner Racing team and the unmatched, raw talent of driver Colton...
New website to allow farmers sell agri waste to biogas energy producers
A new website will allow farmers and food producers sell their waste produce to biogas energy producers across Europe. Agrocycle will launch a new website this week - the first of its kind in the world - where farmers and food producers can sell their food-waste and...
DTE Biomass Energy commissions first dairy renewable natural gas project in Wisconsin
DTE, an ABC member, has begun operations at its first dairy-based renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Wisconsin at Dairy Dreams, LLC, a farm in Casco. Manure generated by the cow herd at Dairy Dreams, LLC is collected in an anaerobic digester, where methane gas is...