In Japan, Hamanaka Town, JA Hamanaka, Takanashi Milk Products, Hokkaido Gas, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and MOL Sunflower announced the launch of a study on the production and utilization of biomethane from animal manure from local dairy farms in Hamanaka town, Hokkaido. “Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is currently being used as a low-carbon fuel alternative to […]
In Ireland, the Irish Examiner reports that a local official and a junior minister had cow manure thrown at them during a public meeting last week in County Galway where the recent planning decision had been taken to approve a biogas facility on the edge of the town limits of Gort. The meeting was organized […]
In India, the Punjab News Express reported that Punjab Government has formed a task force to discuss and create enabling mechanism for off-take of Fermented Organic Manure (FOM) generated from Compressed Biogas (CBG) projects based on agro-residue in the State. The announcement was made by Aman Arora, Punjab’s Minister for New and Renewable Energy Sources. Arora […]
In India, CNBC-TV18 reports Hindustan Petroleum has launched a pilot project that will produce gas from 100 metric tons of cow manure per day at its facility in Sanchore, Rajasthan within a year. This will be HPCL’s first project under Waste to Energy portfolio. The project is being developed under GOBAR-Dhan scheme launched by the […]
In Vermont, relying on manure biogas systems to mitigate livestock GHG emissions ignores both the extensive emissions created throughout the lifecycle of the livestock industry before lagoon storage and the environmental justice impacts that perpetuating confined animal feeding operations, the only profitable user of manure biogas systems, will have on communities impacted by factory farms. […]
In Ethiopia, the Addis Standard newspaper reports that an eighth grader has created a biofuel system using animal manure that he then converts into enough electricity to supply 16 customers. The system was developed by mimicking a model he saw as well as his own innovations. The local water and energy authority has promised to […]
In the United Kingdom, Devon Live reports a town has become the first in the country to get all its gas supply and nearly half their electricity from biogas – the anaerobic digestion of animal waste. South Molton’s AD facility uses crops and poultry waste to create enough renewable energy to provide gas to the […]
In Wisconsin, researchers at UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Energy Institute have published a new study on how to transform the solid leftovers of cow manure into versatile chemicals called medium chain fatty acids. These fatty acids are valued because they can be used to make biodiesel to power a car or into green jet fuels. The versatile building […]
In Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers demonstrated a new process for transforming a plentiful Wisconsin waste – the solid leftovers of cow manure – into fatty acids, energy-rich molecules that can be used to make biodiesel, green jet fuels, and a wide range of important chemicals. Civil and environmental engineering graduate student Abel T. Ingle, […]
In Wisconsin, ORIX Corporation USA has completed an equity investment in BC Organics Anaerobic Digestion Facility (BCO), a commercial biorefinery that processes dairy manure into renewable natural gas (RNG), a concentrated nutrient stream, dried fiber and clean water. BCO, located in Brown County, Wisconsin, is owned by Dynamic Expansion LLC and was developed by Dynamic […]
