Republic Services Broadens RNG Commitment
A growing number of Republic Services Inc.'s natural gas-powered vehicles will use increasing amounts of Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) from ABC member Clean Energy across 21 states over the next five years. According to Clean Energy, the new agreement with the...
RFS Power Coalition Launches to Secure Role for Electricity Producers in the Renewable Fuel Standard
Three trade associations representing renewable electricity producers today announced the launch of the RFS Power Coalition. The coalition's purpose is to get the EPA to implement a law passed by Congress in 2007 which mandates the inclusion of qualifying renewable...
Dingell’s Legacy, Renewable Fuel Fight, Green Nuke Deal?
Corn growers and oil companies have tussled over the federal program requiring U.S. transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels. Now producers of biomass, biogas, and waste energy are joining the fray. More>>
Why vegans should think before they switch on a light: Growing proportion of ‘green’ electricity comes from processed livestock farm waste
Much of the UK's energy supply does not meet strict vegan standards. Vegan Society found that suppliers are buying power generated in digesters. Advocates insist plants are a green way to deal with waste that would be landfill More>>
EPA pushing water quality trading to address nutrients
The Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging states to develop water quality trading programs to tackle nutrient pollution, which has become an increasingly visible issue in farm country. In a memorandum to EPA regional administrators, Assistant Administrator...
Lawmakers want Minnesota’s energy to be carbon-free by 2050
Legislators want to make Minnesota the fourth state in the country to set a 100 percent clean energy plan, with the aim of having electricity providers generate all energy from renewable sources by 2050. Dozens of people showed up at the State Capitol on Tuesday to...
Welcome New Member: Live Oak Bank!
Live Oak Bank is the largest Small Business Administration lender in the U.S., having deployed over $8 billion in the last ten years to underserved industries. We are also the largest USDA Renewable Energy for America Program lender and we have a team dedicated to...
North Carolina’s Alternative Gas Pilot Program Flares Up
[By ABC member Womble Bond Dickinson] North Carolina's nascent biogas industry has witnessed significant progress in recent years. In March 2018, the Optima KV swine waste to renewable natural gas project near Kenansville, North Carolina came online as the first RNG...
Arizona bioenergy producer urges EPA to process eRIN applications
Novo Power, a 28 MW biomass power plant located in Snowflake, Arizona, is urging the U.S. EPA to quickly process applications to allow biomass power producers to participate in the Renewable Fuel Program. On Jan. 32, Brad Worsley, president and CEO of Novo Power, send...