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$280M in Energy Efficiency Grants Available to Farmers, Small Businesses

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making more than $280 million available to rural agricultural producers and small business owners to purchase and install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements. The funding is offered through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). USDA is offering grants for ... Read more »
Energy Bag

Dow Helps Divert 6,000 Pounds of Waste from Landfill

A pilot program for plastic waste, co-sponsored by Dow Chemical, diverted about 6,000 pounds of typically non-recycled items from landfills in three months. Other Energy Bag pilot program co-sponsors include the Flexible Packaging Association, Republic Services, Agilyx, Reynolds Consumer Products and the city of Citrus Heights, California. The program explored ... Read more »
Pixley anaerobic digester

Dairy Farm Waste Powers Ethanol Facility

A first-of-its-kind anaerobic digester in California captures methane from agricultural waste and turns it into clean biogas to power an ethanol facility in Tulare County. The Calgren Ethanol Biodigester, which is now online, will power the production of tens of millions of gallons of ethanol, all consumed in California’s Central ... Read more »
Flexibuster

Waste-to-Energy Firm Target Ports Sector

UK-based company SEaB Energy says it’s focusing on waste-to-energy opportunities in the port sector. The company’s Flexibuster, a self-contained anaerobic digester, processes food and organic waste, turning it into biogas, which is then used to generate electricity and heat. In addition, Flexibuster also provides a source of organic fertilizer income ... Read more »

Maryland Department of Agriculture Invests $970K in Waste-to-Energy Project

The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) awarded a $970,000 grant to Biomass Heating Solutions (BHSL) for a manure-to-energy project at a Dorchester County poultry farm. BHSL will use electricity generating technology to process poultry litter into energy that will heat and cool four poultry houses. The system is projected to ... Read more »
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Zero-Interest Loans to Develop Recycling Infrastructure

Municipalities across the US can now apply for zero-interest loans to develop recycling infrastructure. The Closed Loop Fund has opened its application process for municipalities and private entities across the country. It plans to invest $100 million over the next five years to support the development of recycling infrastructure and ... Read more »

Carbon-Neutral Treatment Plant Diverts 1,400 Tons of Waste

The EPA, California Energy Commission and other industry and political leaders unveiled the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority’s carbon-neutral treatment plant on Friday. The southern California facility houses the Omnivore biogas renewable energy project, which uses first-of-its-kind technology to produce 100 percent renewable power by treating both sewage and organic ... Read more »
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Hog-Waste-to-Energy Plant Under Construction

An $80 million hog-manure-to-energy project is under construction in Northern Missouri, developed and constructed by Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) in collaboration with Murphy-Brown of Missouri (MBM) the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods. Crews are installing impermeable covers on 88 existing lagoons to harvest biogas, also called renewable natural gas, ... Read more »

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