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.
Construction Underway on Innovative Project Creating Energy from Hog Manure
Roeslein Alternative Energy Collaborates with Smithfield Foods, Murphy Brown Missouri on Largest Biogas Project of its Kind; Significant Environmental Benefits Expected
St. Louis, MO (August 11, 2014) – Construction is underway in Northern Missouri on an innovative $80 million renewable energy project, developed and constructed by Roeslein Alternative Energy, LLC (RAE) in collaboration with Murphy-Brown of Missouri, LLC (MBM) the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Biogas Opportunities Roadmap
Methane is both a potent greenhouse gas and a valuable source of energy. In the Climate Action Plan, President Obama directed the Administration to develop a comprehensive, interagency strategy to reduce methane emissions. In March 2014, the White House released the Climate Action Plan – Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions. As part of the Strategy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) committed to work with industry leaders to formulate a biogas roadmap. View full report here.
From Grassland Restoration to Renewable Energy.
Some ideas come out of the blue. But an idea taking shape in the hog barns and rolling hills of northern Missouri came out of the green–the grasslands revered by an entrepreneur, industrialist, and dedicated conservationist. Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) technical advisor Rudi Roeslein loves native prairie for its beauty and unique set of ecological services. Now Roeslein is staking his reputation on an ambitious goal of returning 30 million acres of highly erodible land to native grasslands in 30 years.
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.”