Cow manure methane may soon fuel cars, heat homes in Arizona
A new energy facility southwest of Phoenix scheduled to open in December will capture methane from cow manure and reuse the biogas as renewable natural fuel. Facility stakeholders told The Arizona Republic the process will capture harmful gases that would otherwise...
Chesapeake Utilities, a small utility operator, has big renewable gas plans
When asked how big he wants his company to be in the renewable gas market, ABC member Chesapeake Utilities Corp. President and CEO Jeff Householder offered an observation: "You're the 95th person that's asked me that question in the last two days." It makes sense that...
‘The strongest have survived’: Anaerobic digestion companies see clear path to scaling up
ABC members Anaergia, BDC, Generate Capital and Vanguard Renewables believe they're poised to expand organics recycling. ESG trends, disposal tip fees and state or local policies are all key drivers. While composting is still the more common path for traditional solid...
CMD Rebrands Energy Product Line
Appleton, WI July 12, 2021 – CMD CNG Energy Solutions has changed its name and branding to CMD Alternative Energy Solutions, to better represent their expanding product portfolio and expertise in the alternative/clean energy markets and to communicate that their...
Brightmark Breaks Ground on Three Renewable Natural Gas Projects in Michigan
Brightmark, the global waste solutions provider and ABC member, has broken ground on three renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in Michigan which will collectively generate 89,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas credits in the California LCFS. The projects are owned by...
Funding the Future: Ductor and Leyline Renewable Capital’s Partnership for Poultry Projects
Two ABC's members are working together to build projects that will recycle poultry manure and waste into biogas and renewable natural gas (RNG). For this month’s Funding the Future segment, we spoke with Bill Parmentier, a project development lead for Ductor...
Emily Smith Joins Vanguard Renewables as Chief Financial Officer
Vanguard Renewables, a U.S. leader in renewable natural gas and ABC member, announced today the appointment of Emily Smith as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Vanguard Renewables, Ms. Smith served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and...
RNG Partnership Will Move Duke University Toward Carbon Neutrality
ABC member Duke University has taken another step toward its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by entering into a partnership to receive renewable natural gas beginning in early 2022. The partnership with South Carolina-based renewable natural gas developer...
Bioenergy DevCo’s Jessup, MD Facility Plans to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions, Curb Solid Waste
Construction of the state's largest anaerobic digester Bioenergy DEVCO facility is nearly complete in Jessup, MD. "This is really a cow's stomach on a very, very large scale. The same microbes in a cow's stomach process our organic material, and that turns it into...