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Stepping into unexplored territory in efforts to use corn stalks, grass and other non-food plants to make biofuels, scientists recently described the discovery of a potential treasure-trove of candidate enzymes in fungi thriving in the feces and intestinal tracts of horses. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Horse manure is gaining attention on the Morrisville State College campus – and not for use as a fertilizer. The waste is being considered as an energy source. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
With four years of experience behind them, owners of an anaerobic digester in Snohomish County, Wash., say the operation has brought many benefits. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Anaergia Inc. announced that it has been selected to develop an anaerobic digestion system at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing, Mich. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (WBI) study shows Wisconsin could become a national leader in bioenergy production using agriculture and food processing waste. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Zero Waste Energy has developed two semi-mobile anaerobic digestion plant facilities in California. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Design work has started on what is being marketed as the world’s largest biogas plant for cow manure. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
An anaerobic digestion project planned for a dairy farm in Massey, Md., will convert dairy manure & local food waste into renewable compressed natural gas. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new leading-edge technology capable of converting agricultural waste materials into high-value commercial products is one step closer to becoming a reality. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Perdue AgriBusiness Inc. and Fibrowatt LLC proposed a heat and power biomass boiler in Maryland from poltry litter, layer hen manure and wood chips. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The plan by a company called EnergyWorks to build a $30 million thermal gasification plant near Gettysburg, Penn., to process manure generated by the state’s largest egg producer is one of those ideas that seems to have “can’t miss” written all over it. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
USDA scientists are finding ways to improve rain gardens so they not only reduce runoff, but also keep toxic metals out of storm drains. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
PlanET Biogas Solutions has begun construction on a new power plant at the Ridgetown campus of the University of Guelph. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The University of Manitoba's Agricultural By-Products Processing Research & Demonstration Facility will turn low-value agriculture by-products into commodities. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Distillers grains could be a cost-effective feed alternative for Ontario beef farmers looking for new ways to increase the competitiveness of their industry. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A New Brunswick beef farmer literally has tonnes of manure he'd like to burn for energy, but says the government won't pay him enough to do it. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers at the University of Illinois Energy Biosciences Institute have identified parasitic nematodes of miscanthus and switchgrass crops. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Avatar Energy, a renewable energy company with headquarters in Walnut Creek, Calif., has developed the world’s first scalable anaerobic digester. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
CH-Four Biogas Inc. & MWM are behind three new anaerobic digesters at three farms in eastern Ontario. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A major challenge in manure management is the sheer volume and health risks posed by raw manure, and the need to safely dispose of it as it accumulates. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!