The Dickinson College Farm has been conducting small-scale biogas system R&D since 2008. We operate a full mix concrete digester processing manure from 150 dairy animals with 2-3 tons per day food waste. Gas feeds a 50 kW grid-connected CHP unit. The project is new in 2024. We also maintain a suite of small lab-scale digesters of our own design for research and education purposes. Education services include tours of the digester facilities, teacher support for lab exercises, and a number of popular videos on youtube - linked at our biogas blog at blogs.dickinson.edu/farm/biogasproject.

The Center for Renewable Carbon, in the University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture, is an internationally recognized leader in the development of new and/or improved bioenergy sources, biorefinery processes and biomaterials which offers unique resources with the focus on production and characterization of biofuels, biochemicals, and bioproducts. The Center for Renewable Carbon coordinates science, knowledge transfer, and trains the workforce required to develop a sustainable and economically viable bioeconomy.