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07/18/2019 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

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.”

07/18/2019 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

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.

07/18/2019 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

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.

06/12/2019 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

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.

05/17/2019 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

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.

04/29/2019 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

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.

04/24/2019 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

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.

04/05/2019 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

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.

04/03/2019 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

Roeslein Alternative Energy acquires Alternate Energy Resources Group

Published by Refrigerated & Frozen Foods

The two companies have been collaborating for several years on multiple projects throughout Northern Missouri.
Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE), St. Louis, Mo., acquired Alternate Energy Resources Group (AERG), an environmental engineering and construction firm based in Corinth, Texas. The two companies have been collaborating for several years on multiple projects throughout Northern Missouri.

12/27/2018 by RoesleinAE RoesleinAE

When Is A Corporate-Environmental Partnership More Than Just PR?

Published by Illinois Newsroom

Written by Erica Hunzinger

As harvest wrapped up this year and the leaves turned brilliant shades of red and yellow, two of the world’s biggest agribusinesses, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Smithfield Foods, announced they were pairing up on projects with environmental nonprofits.