Published by for Citizen Times
Written by Abby Margulis
Making energy with natural gas might get a whole lot more natural if Duke Energy Carolinas starts using hog manure.
Duke Energy to use swine waste at Buck, Dan River power plants
Published by Penn Energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is asking North Carolina regulators to register its Buck and Dan River combined-cycle power plants as renewable energy facilities, as the utility plans to start utilizing biogas from swine waste.
Grass to Gas.
Published by Biomass Magazine Written by Katie Fletcher
Grassland and perennial biomass streams are being tapped for conversion as supplemental feedstock in anaerobic digesters. These streams are considered in the biogas market for their environmental benefits, high-yielding rates and reliability.
A visionary model for biogas projects.
Published by Great Plains Institute
Written by Amanda Bilek
Biogas advocates and project developers have been abuzz since mid-July, when the Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that allows eligible biogas transportation fuel pathways to generate cellulosic Renewable Information Numbers (RINs). Prior to the July rule, biogas transportation projects were eligible to generate advanced biofuel RINs. The cellulosic fuel pool within the RFS is much larger than the advanced biofuel pool. Statutory renewable fuel obligations by 2022 are 16 billion gallons of cellulosic biofuel and 4 billion gallons of advanced biofuel. The EPA is responsible for determining an annual renewable fuel volume obligation for the different fuel pools. Each year the EPA has significantly reduced the annual cellulosic fuel volume obligation from statutory requirements because fuel production expectations have fallen short.
Mo. Farmer Builds Methane Production
Published by Koenig Equipment Inc.
Written by Todd Neeley, DTN Staff Reporter
Project Focuses on Lagoons, Biomass
OMAHA (DTN) — Northern Missouri farmer Rudi Roeslein enjoys nothing more than flushing a healthy buck out of the tall grassy prairies on his 1,600-acre farm. Though his love of hunting was the reason for his fascination with developing grassy habitats, Roeslein learned quickly that it could be far more than a hobby — it was a potential business opportunity.
Farms seek to turn waste into energy.
Published by St. Joseph News-Press
Written by Greg Kozol
For years, sprawling hog farms in Northwest Missouri have deposited animal waste into nearby lagoons.
Missouri project to turn hog waste into energy.
By Associated Press, Published by St. Louis Post Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Developers of a renewable biogas project in remote north-central Missouri are hoping to turn hog manure into energy.
Big hog manure to biogas project in Missouri.
Published by Brownfield AG News
Written by Julie Harker
A $100 million renewable biogas project is underway in north Missouri. Murphy-Brown of Missouri – formerly Premium Standard Farms – has partnered with Roeslein Alternative Energy to capture biogas from hog manure and turn it into Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), and (CNG), for use as a transport fuel. Bill Homann with Murphy Brown of Missouri says the project will allow them to extend the use of impermeable lagoon covers to 90 of their hog farms, “Then that will function in the future as a digester and so we’ll have, basically, ninety digesters capturing gas in our finishing facilities in North Missouri.”
Major project to deliver new energy source and environmental benefits.
Published by Smithfield Foods
Murphy-Brown of Missouri, LLC and Roeslein Alternative Energy, LLC Will Develop Renewable Biogas Project for Northern Missouri
PRINCETON, Mo., Jan. 8, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Murphy-Brown of Missouri, LLC (MBM) and Roeslein Alternative Energy, LLC announced today their joint plans to develop a $100 million renewable biogas project in northern Missouri. Murphy-Brown is the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Biogas project will add local jobs.
Published by Trenton Republican-Times
A collaboration between a Mercer County business and St. Louis firm will result in additional jobs in the area for both the short- and long-term.