Menu

News

Electricity from Manure

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2016/04/michigan_dairy_farm_produces_m.html

SW Michigan dairy turns cow manure into energy

WMUK Local By: Brian Peterson Hamilton, MI December 11, 2011 WMUK   Scenic View Dairy bio-digester Scenic View Dairy electric generator Ever wonder where the electricity that powers your lights, appliances, and electrical devices comes from? You might be surprised that some of it may come from a dairy farm, as WMUK’s Brian Petersen explains: […]

Utility District Ramps Up Food Waste To Energy Program

BioCycle November 2011, Vol. 52, No. 11, p. 39 Oakland, California’s wastewater treatment plant’s seven-year-old postconsumer food waste-to-energy program — the first in the United States — is ready to grow. Paul Hagey THE East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) in Oakland, California has been a pioneer in tapping the energy in food waste to boost […]

Congress considers tax credits for WTE facilities

Nov. 1 — A bill in Congress would allow for a 30% energy tax credit for qualified waste-to-energy projects, but opponents say the tax break is unnecessary and should go to “cleaner” renewable projects. H.R. 66, filed in January, would give the tax credit for systems that use municipal solid waste or sewage sludge as […]

Company Aims To Create Renewable Electricity!

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (CBS Tampa) — Believe in the power of poop. It’s an initiative being pushed by one South Florida energy company, which is now on the edge of being approved in Fort Lauderdale to help generate home electricity. Power Green Energy, a Pompano Beach start-up hoping to turn sludge from waste-water treatment plants into […]