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Waste-to-Energy Systems Face Cost Barrier

February 27, 2015 by Karen Henry

Converting animal waste into energy gained some steam in the United States about 10 years ago as a means for large dairy farms to manage manure, but it never achieved the momentum necessary for broad adoption. Despite the benefit of reducing the strength of the greenhouse gases emitted from animal ... Read more »

Hospitals Starting Trend toward Renewables

November 11, 2014 by Karen Henry

While the use of renewable energy is relatively uncommon in the healthcare sector, several healthcare systems are breaking away from the traditional fossil-fuel energy model, Modern Healthcare reports. Boston-based hospital system Partners HealthCare, for example, will purchase about 26 percent of the energy its facilities use from renewable sources. Through ... Read more »

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

November 7, 2014 by Karen Henry

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 »

Ben & Jerry’s Partnership Decreases GHGs, Increases Farm Profits

September 11, 2014September 10, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Green Dream Farm in Enosburg Falls, Vt., expects to lower its greenhouse gas emissions by 12,900 metric tons over the next 10 years and save $30,000 annually as the result of a partnership with ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s and NativeEnergy, a carbon offset and project development company. The ... Read more »

GM Renaissance Center Composts Food Scraps

August 18, 2014August 18, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Motors’ global headquarters, a multi-office tower complex that sends no waste to landfills, now composts food preparation scraps from its various Renaissance Center restaurant kitchens for use in urban farming initiatives throughout the city. Composting startup Detroit Dirt collects coffee grounds and fruit and vegetable pieces and mixes them ... Read more »

DVO Digester Reduces Farm Waste GHGs by 90%

August 15, 2014August 15, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A DVO anaerobic digester, scheduled to open at Calgren Renewable Fuels on Sept. 30 in Pixley, Calif., will convert animal waste into energy, reducing the environmental impact from farm waste greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90 percent, says Steve Dvorak, owner and founder of DVO. This is DVO’s first ... Read more »

Hog-Waste-to-Energy Plant Under Construction

August 12, 2014August 12, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

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 »

Himark BioGas to Build 3 Food-Waste-to-Energy Plants

July 23, 2014August 6, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Himark BioGas has signed an agreement with NEO Energy for the design, construction, and start-up of three integrated anaerobic digestion (AD) and fertilizer plants in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The AD plants will recycle food waste to produce organic-based fertilizer and renewable electricity. AD plants designed on Himark BioGas’ patented ... Read more »

Swine Waste-to-Energy System Operating at Capacity

June 30, 2014June 30, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The 600 kW Storms Hog Power facility — North Carolina’s largest swine waste-to-energy system — is operating at full capacity. The plant at the Storms Hog Farm near Bladenboro, NC, has been in near constant operation since it came on line Oct. 4, 2013, and has sustained peak or near peak ... Read more »

Big Dairies Raise Pollution Concerns

May 29, 2014May 28, 2014 by Leon Walker

As the consolidation of the US dairy industry into fewer and fewer, larger operations continues apace, fresh opposition is also growing in response to the increased pollution risk associated with bigger dairy farms, reports Environment 360. More than half of US milk is now produced by just 3 percent of the country’s ... Read more »

Sustainable Dairy Farms Honored

May 23, 2014May 22, 2014 by Leon Walker

Maddox Dairy of Riverdale, Calif., has been recognized by the Innovation Center for US Dairy for pioneering green dairy farming approaches that are now used widely across the sustainable agriculture industry. Maddox was one of three winners of the Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability award as part of the US Dairy Sustainability Awards. The ... Read more »

Grazing Animals Could Help Repair Human-Altered Grasslands

March 12, 2014March 12, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Grazing animals could help counteract the human-made overdose of fertilizer that threatens to alter the biodiversity of the world’s native prairies, according to a five-year study published this month. The comparative study conducted six continents suggests that grazing animals such as the pronghorn (pictured) and other large herbivores can effectively crop ... Read more »

Waste-to-Energy Systems Face Cost Barrier

Hospitals Starting Trend toward Renewables

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

Ben & Jerry’s Partnership Decreases GHGs, Increases Farm Profits

GM Renaissance Center Composts Food Scraps

DVO Digester Reduces Farm Waste GHGs by 90%

Hog-Waste-to-Energy Plant Under Construction

Himark BioGas to Build 3 Food-Waste-to-Energy Plants

Swine Waste-to-Energy System Operating at Capacity

Big Dairies Raise Pollution Concerns

Sustainable Dairy Farms Honored

Grazing Animals Could Help Repair Human-Altered Grasslands

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