$100M lawsuit against CO agency for blocking sale of digestate will proceed
Heartland Biogas, operated a plant in Weld County, CO that turned manure, food waste and other organic matter into biogas, along with a liquid that results from the process and is sold as fertilizer to farmers. Heartland bought the plant from another company in 2013...
Cayuga RNG developing second RNG project in NY with Martin Construction
Cayuga RNG Holdings announced today that it has entered into an agreement to develop its second project to produce renewable natural gas in upstate New York, this one with ABC member Martin Construction. The project will include the construction of an anaerobic...
EcoEngineers is hiring!
EcoEngineers guides biofuel companies through the maze of international clean energy regulations and improves their bottom line by ensuring continuous access to carbon markets. Their main business is audit, compliance management and renewable energy consulting....
DTE opens Three Mile Road Station in Michigan as part of $3.5 billion infrastructure effort
As of this week, ABC member DTE Energy officially opened the Three Mile Road Station in Walker, Mich., establishing a new hub for a multi-billion dollar plan to install new pipe and upgrade meters throughout the western and northern reaches of the state. The pipes on...
The Basics of Anaerobic Digestion with Vanguard Renewables
If food waste were a nation, it would be the third-largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China and the United States, says John Hanselman, founder and CEO of Vanguard Renewables. The Wellesley, Ma.-based company was founded in 2014 to solve the issue of organic waste...
Montauk Renewables Awarded Patent for Near-Zero-Emissions Renewable Energy Technology
Montauk Renewables, Inc., a renewable energy company specializing in the management, recovery and conversion of biogas into RNG, today announced the Company has been awarded a patent covering 24 unique elements of its Electric-Powered, Closed-Loop, Continuous-Feed,...
PA ignores RNG’s non-energy benefits, rejects Philadelphia utility’s green-energy plan
A Philadelphia Gas Works green energy pilot project that would have replaced a small amount of the fossil fuel it sends out to homes with renewable natural gas was rejected by state regulators on Thursday because the program couldn’t justify the higher cost of the...
PG&E to Add Up to 160 CNG Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles to Its Fleet
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is not a simple task, but one recent and notable initiative to address this issue is PG&E’s compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle program. The Gas Operations team is partnering with Fleet Operations to pilot 12 new heavy and...
Welcome New Member: Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI)!
AURI’s (Agricultural Utilization Research Institute) mission statement is to foster long-term economic benefit for Minnesota through value-added agricultural products. While focused on Minnesota we actively collaborate on projects across the Midwest and as far as...