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News 5/14/2013 Senate Ag Committee Approves Farm Bill The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a $955 billion farm bill on Tuesday [including $800 million in mandatory funding for the Energy Title which includes biogas programs], the first step toward completing an overhaul of the nation's food and farm policy that was derailed last year when the House failed to vote on its version of the bill. The new bill, which was approved 15 to 5, is expected to save $23 billion over the next 10 years by eliminating or consolidating hundreds of agriculture programs. More>> 5/7/2013 Connecticut Bill Aims to Increase Organics Recycling Connecticut lawmakers are considering a massive expansion of food waste composting. New legislation would force large-scale food operations and supermarkets located within 20 miles of a composting facility to recycle all their food scraps by 2020. More>> 5/2/2013 US Composting Council Announces Lori Scozzafava as New Executive Director The United States Composting Council (USCC) is pleased to announce Lori Scozzafava as its new Executive Director. Ms. Scozzafava is a highly experienced association executive who has been involved in solid waste management for over 25 years. Ms. Scozzafava was Deputy Executive Director of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) from 2004 through 2012 and has extensive experience managing budgets, government affairs, education and annual conference activities. During her tenure she helped the organization increase membership and revenue. Prior to serving as Deputy Executive Director, Ms. Scozzafava was SWANA's Director of Technical Programs and the Recycling Services Division Manager for the Maryland Department of the Environment. More>> 5/2/2013 Food & Farm Waste Biogas Plant Introduced at Vermont Technical College Ground has been broken on a new food and farm waste to biogas anaerobic digestion facility on the Randolph Campus of Vermont Technical College (VTC). VTC explained that the facility will be constructed near the campus' central heating plant, where it affords ease of operation in transferring power to Vermont's electricity grid as well for delivering heat to the campus, and is also co-located with the farm fields on the main campus. The college said that the Central Vermont Recovered Biomass Facility will serve as an educational facility and model for other facilities as the reduced dependence on non-renewable energy sources is a benefit consistent with the state's energy plan. According to VTC at least 51% of the feedstock will come from a combination of farm manure and crops. The rest will be a mix of food processing waste and/or scraps Read the rest of the article here. More>> 4/29/2013 NYTimes Opinion: "Natural Gas, Not Diesel" Americans are learning that climate change is real. Truck fleets burning liquefied natural gas cut greenhouse gases by 25 percent. Further, they are poised to use an even better gas fuel that cuts greenhouse gases 88 to 100 percent: a renewable form of natural gas, known as R.N.G., made from organic wastes flowing from communities, businesses and agricultural operations nationwide. More>> 4/24/2013 12-liter Natural Gas Truck Engine in 2013 The on-highway truck segment activity is increasing with developing fuel infrastructure announcements. And Cummins is responding with a 12-liter natural gas truck engine, the Cummins Westport ISX12 G. This will be available in early 2013. More>> 4/16/2013 Biomethane upgrading and use for vehicle fuel Webinar with industry experts in the production and upgrading of biomethane and its resulting use as a vehicle fuel for a truck fleet. More>> 4/16/2013 ABC Industry Connection Group Connects Jobs and Job Seekers The ABC's Biogas Industry Connection (BIC) Working Group is helping connect industry job and internship opportunities with job seekers and students in the field. The group established a new LinkedIn Group that features current job postings and allows members to post relevant opportunities, initiate discussions with group members, and receive frequent updates on the group's activities. More>> 4/15/2013 No time like the present to invest in Anaerobic Digestion ABC Member Envitec Biogas and one of their successful UK biogas projects. More>> 4/12/2013 Biogas from Cheese Waste Fuels Micro Turbine in Ohio Fresno, Ohio based Pearl Valley Cheese has installed a cheese waste fuelled 65 kW C65 Capstone MicroTurÂÂbine to save the company more than $40,000 per year in electricity costs. More>> 4/12/2013 D5 RINs for biogas, renewable diesel generated in February The U.S. EPA has published new data on renewable identification numbers (RINs) generated under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) during February 2013, including those for biogas... More>> 4/8/2013 Using Biogas-to-Nitrogen Technology at ND Ethanol Plant Project development is in the financing stage for a nitrogen fertilizer facility to be co-located with Tharaldson Ethanol Inc., a 153 MMgy facility located in Casselton, N.D. The fertilizer plant would produce... More>> 4/4/2013 $2.9 Billion Dairy Digester Market Opportunity Something you probably haven't seen before: how much total revenue can be generated in the U.S. by dairy biogas systems, INCLUDING co-products like nutrients, fiber and other co-products that are more familiar. How much is it all worth: $2.9 Billion according to the "most likely" scenario, and that's just for dairy digesters. The ABC was on the Advisory Committee for this groundbreaking effort by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy which shows how to grow a bioeconomy for food and agriculture. More>> 4/4/2013 CA Wastewater Authority to Purchase Biogas Power from Anaergia ABC Member, Anaergia Inc., has entered a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority in Hesperia, CA. The project will save CA taxpayers millions of dollars over the life of the project using biogas that's currently being flared to produce thousands of megawatt hours of renewable electricity each year. More>> 4/3/2013 Ohio State University's Wooster Campus gets power from biogas Rotten produce. Animal fat. Bad soda. Manure. The Wooster campus of Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center is slowly going to waste. And that's a good thing... More>> 3/27/2013 Dairy Finds a Way to Let Cows Power Trucks For years, the farm has used livestock waste to create enough natural gas to power 10 barns, a cheese factory, a cafe, a gift shop and more. But ABC member Fair Oaks Farms was still using only about half of the cow manure it vacuumed up from its barn floors, burning off the excess methane. But not anymore. More>> |
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