Brandon Butler joins Nathan “Shags” McLeod and Trevor Morgan on theThe Morning Shag to discuss Roeslein Alternative Energy’s production of renewable natural gas from swine manure and prairie plants.
Smithfield Food and Roeslein Alternative Energy Team Up to Harvest Renewable Natural Gas from Hog Manure
Published by NEMO News
Written by: Echo Menges
On June 10, 2019, the global pork producing juggernaut and largest tax-paying entity in Sullivan County, Missouri, Smithfield Foods, and a fairly new to Sullivan County business, Roeslein Alternative Energy, LLC, (RAE) invited an influential group of journalists to Milan, MO, to embark on a renewable energy show-and-tell tour.
Smithfield and RAE Making Renewable Natural Gas
Published by Brownfield Ag News for America
Written by: Julie Harker
Smithfield Foods is a partner in making natural gas out of hog manure. Methane gas is being captured by Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) at Smithfield hog production facilities in North Missouri – which is purified and sold as renewable natural gas (RNG) to the California market. Rudi Roeslein, CEO of the energy company, tells Brownfield Ag News it’s sold on the federal market through an EPA program, “Called the D3 RIN which tries to come up with material that’s produced from cellulose and manure is actually, in 2015, qualified as a cellulosic product of renewable natural gas.”
Planting Prairies to Make Renewable Natural Gas
Published by Brownfield Ag News for America
Written by: Julie Harker
An alternative energy company making natural gas from Smithfield hog waste plans to soon make the same fuel from prairie plants.
Renewable Effort Driven by Hog Waste
Published by High Plains Journal
Written by: Laura Handke
In partnership, Roeslein Alternative Energy and Smithfield Hog Production are working to capture renewable natural gas from the waste of the approximate 2 million hogs that circulate through Smithfield’s northern Missouri operations each year.
Smithfield Foods Marches Forward with Renewable Energy Projects
Published by Yahoo Finance
New Renewable Natural Gas Infrastructure Installations to Begin in Multiple States
Smithfield Foods, Inc. is pleased to announce the construction of new biogas gathering systems in Missouri and Utah, which bring the company steps closer to delivering renewable natural gas (RNG) to communities in multiple states using manure from its hog farms. Detailed in its recently released Sustainability Report, Smithfield’s “manure-to-energy” projects are part of Smithfield Renewables, the company’s platform that unifies and accelerates its renewable energy efforts to help meet its goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25% by 2025.
Smithfield official honored for environmental work
Published by Supermarket Perimeter
Written by Ryan McCarthy
Smithfield Foods Inc., announced on May 15 that Kraig Westerbeek, senior director of Smithfield Renewables and hog production environmental affairs, was named as an Environment + Energy 100 honoree. The program by the Environment and Energy Leaders Institute recognizes individuals for their leadership in environmental, energy and sustainability initiatives at their companies.
To generate power from pig poop, St. Louis company advances partnership with pork giant
Published by St. Louis Post Dispatch
Written by Bryce Gray
After years of partnering together to convert pig manure into a source of renewable natural gas, a St. Louis-based alternative energy company will step up its level of involvement with Missouri’s largest corporate hog farm owner.
Smithfield Foods and RAE Partner to Produce Renewable Energy while Restoring Missouri’s Natural Environment
Published by Globe Newswire
Written by Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Joint Venture Transforms Manure, Prairie Plants, and Cover Crops into Renewable Natural Gas
Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) have formed a joint venture called Monarch Bioenergy to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) across Smithfield’s hog farms in Missouri. This partnership converts manure collected from Smithfield farms into RNG, while simultaneously delivering ecological services and developing wildlife habitat. Once complete, all Smithfield company-owned finishing farms in Missouri will have the infrastructure to produce RNG, resulting in approximately 1.3 million dekatherms of RNG annually, which is the equivalent to eliminating 130,000 gasoline vehicles.
Roeslein Alternative Energy acquires AERG
Published by Biomass Magazine
As of April 1, Roeslein Alternative Energy has acquired Alternate Energy Resources Group, an environmental engineering and construction firm, located in Texas. The two companies have been collaborating for several years on multiple projects throughout Northern Missouri. AERG’s experience and unique skill set will allow RAE to better serve its clients.