Biogas & Landfill Gas

15 hours ago

CARB discusses LCFS, ILUC revisions in workshops

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Biogas, Advanced FuelsThe California Air Resources Board held public workshops on proposed updates to the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard and revisions to the related issue of indirect land use change (ILUC) on March 11. READ MORE

15 hours ago

California brewery toasts new biogas system opening

BY Chris HansonFound In:BiogasThe Bear Republic Brewing Co. held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the world’s first bioelectrically enhanced wastewater to energy system, dubbed EcoVolt, in Cloverdale, Calif. The EcoVolt was developed by Massachusetts-based Cambrian Innovation. READ MORE

March 10, 2014

USDA awards advanced biofuel payments to pellet, biogas producers

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Biogas, Advanced FuelsOn March 6, USDA Rural Development announced nearly $60 million in payments to 195 biofuel producers under the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program, which was established by the 2008 Farm Bill and reauthorized in the recently signed 2014 Farm Bill. READ MORE

March 09, 2014

In Depth: Montpelier’s Pipe Dream

BY Anna SimetFound In:BiogasVermont’s capitol city is readying to fire up its modernized and expanded district heating system, which includes two new biomass boilers and a new hot water distribution loop. READ MORE

March 08, 2014

Opinion: Considerations for Biogas Projects

BY Kyle Goehring Found In:BiogasEisenmann's Kyle Goehring discusses qualities of well-developed biogas projects, including location, feedstock logistics and byproducts. READ MORE

March 07, 2014

In Depth: Biogas Power in the Valley

BY Susanne Retka Schill Found In:BiogasThe Hometown BioEnergy anaerobic digester on the south edge of LeSueur, Minn., is the largest system of its type in the U.S., rated at 8 MW of electrical power from food processing and agricultural waste. READ MORE

March 04, 2014

Geopower Energy acquires interest in Murphy Brown biogas plant

BY Geopower Energy Found In:BiogasGeopower Energy Ltd, an alternative energy developer, has closed a private debt facility of $5 million to acquire a joint venture interest in the Blue Mountain Biogas Project near Milford, Utah. READ MORE

March 03, 2014

Harvest Power organics-to-energy facility on line in Fla.

BY Anna SimetFound In:BiogasHarvest Power Inc.'s 5.4-MW, combined-heat-and-power, organics-to-energy facility is now on line in Bay Lakes, Fla., and will process more than 120,000 tons of food scraps each year when running at full capacity. READ MORE

February 28, 2014

Mass. AD project breaks ground at existing landfill gas plant

BY CommonWealth Resource Management Corp. Found In:BiogasConstruction has begun on an anaerobic digestion facility at the Crapo Hill Landfill in Dartmouth, Mass., the site of an existing landfill gas-to-energy plant. READ MORE