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California agencies seek dairy digester projects – Proposals due November 1

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and their partner agencies in the California/Federal Dairy Digester Working Group have announced a joint solicitation for dairy digester concept proposals. California is the largest dairy state in the USA, with approximately 1.7 million cows producing more than 3.6 million dry tons of manure per year that ...

Sep. 16, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

AD NI 2012 – national anaerobic digestion trade show and conference

Clarke Energy is the main sponsor of the National Anaerobic Digestion Trade Show and Conference – ‘AD NI’ on the 3rd October 2012 in the Hilton Hotel Templepatrick, Belfast. Since the Renewable Obligations Certificates were launched, there have been nearly 80 planning applications to build mostly on farm anaerobic digestion plants. Of these applications approximately 30 ...

Jul. 31, 2012

By Clarke Energy

Anaerobic Digestion & Renewable Energy Industries Welcome UK Carbon Budget Decision

The UK government has confirmed the Committee on Carbon Change’s recommended carbon budget, laying out a 57% reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels during 2027-32. Following the referendum vote to leave the European Union, the UK government has confirmed the Committee on Carbon Change’s (CCCs) recommended carbon budget, laying out a 57% reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 ...

Sep. 15, 2016

By GPT Waste Management Ltd

Agriculture`s greenhouse gas emissions on the rise

New FAO estimates of greenhouse gas data show that emissions from agriculture, forestry and fisheries have nearly doubled over the past fifty years and could increase an additional 30 percent by 2050, without greater efforts to reduce them. This is the first time that FAO has released its own global estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use ...

Apr. 11, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

New strategy aims to reduce agricultural ammonia

As concerns about air pollution from large dairies and other concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) continue to mount, scientists are reporting a practice that could cut emissions of an exceptionally abundant agricultural gas—ammonia—by up to 30%. In the May-June 2011 issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality, a team led by Mark Powell, a soil scientist with the USDA ...

May 11, 2011

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

OriginClear and Farm Equipment Distributor Team Up to Treat Agricultural Effluent

OriginClear Inc. (OTC/QB: OOIL), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, and Renewable Water Technologies (RWT), a spin-off of Wisconsin’s Renewable Algae Group, plan to form a joint venture (JV) to offer ...

Nov. 17, 2015

By OriginClear Inc.

Blue Sphere Corporation Announces Entry into Agricultural Methane Reduction in the United States

LONDON - Blue Sphere Corporation (OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or “Blue Sphere”), a company in the Cleantech sector as an Emission Reduction project integrator, is pleased to announce that the Company has started to implement its plan to enter the agricultural methane reduction business in the United States by establishing its new subsidiary, Blue Sphere U.S.A. Inc. Blue Sphere is ...

Apr. 29, 2010

By Blue Sphere Corporation

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces New Report on Scientific Breakthroughs from USDA in 2013

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new report on scientific breakthroughs discovered by USDA researchers that led to new patents and inventions with the potential for commercial application and potential economic growth. Innovations included in the report range from flour made out of chardonnay grape seeds that prevents weight gain to antimicrobial packets that keep food from ...

Apr. 23, 2014

By U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

New on-farm ad plant in Lancashire

KIRK ENVIRONMENTAL, part of KIRK GROUP, is set to complete their part of a new on-farm Anaerobic Digestion plant for the production of electricity from crops and livestock manures at the Wilcross Farm in Gisburn, Lancashire. The plant will consist of one ...

Sep. 2, 2013

By Kirk Environmental - KIRK GROUP

Food and farm waste can help power the nation, says Benn

Businesses and local authorities are being offered help to turn food, farm and other organic waste into energy and fuel. Defra has published a plan to boost biogas production from anaerobic digestion to help tackle climate change and produce renewable energy. ‘Accelerating the Uptake of Anaerobic Digestion in England: an Implementation Plan’ sets out actions to help businesses, local ...

Mar. 25, 2010

A Canadian winter fairy tale

If the Canadian winter doesn‘t throw a spanner into our plans our engineers are confident that the 335 kW plant will be ready for commissioning at the end of January. “Till now we consider grape pomace, grass silage, chicken dung and glycerine as input materials, but we already send an application for fermenting leftovers like oils and drippings.“ explains Jan- Hendrik Thesing, project and ...

Apr. 2, 2009

By Triangle Ltd

Biogas for Broiler Farm

PlanET receives its first order for an agricultural biogas plant in the UK. Clients are two farmers in Herefordshire, who are going to build a 190 kWel biogas plant. Construction is planned to start in spring 2010. The proposed plant will consist of one digester and one digestate tank and is designed to utilise approximately 3,300 tonnes of maize silage, 1,000 m3 of cattle slurry and 600 tonnes ...

Sep. 30, 2011

By PlanET Biogas

A success for the International beef Exchange organized by Lallemand Animal Nutrition and INRA Clermont (France)

On September 29th – 30th, around 150 international experts and professionals of the beef cattle industry gathered at INRA, in Clermont-Ferrand (France), for a seminar dedicated to international beef production, with a focus on welfare and digestive comfort. This seminar was jointly organized by Lallemand Animal Nutrition and INRA. This event was a great platform for exchange of experiences ...

Oct. 20, 2014

By Lallemand Animal Nutrition

Farmers’ use of renewable fertilisers to be revolutionised by new research

Farmers’ and growers’ confidence in digestate and compost has been given a welcome boost, as new ground-breaking research published today, shows smart use of these renewable fertilisers can increase yields and reduce bills with no negative impact on crop quality or safety. The programme of field experiments, ...

Feb. 9, 2016

By WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme)

Rapeseed-based animal feed cuts greenhouse gases by up to 13 per cent

The use of rapeseed cake in the production of livestock feed cuts methane and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 13%, according to the initial results of the research carried out by Neiker-Tecnalia within the framework of the Life-Seed Capital project. Specifically, the incorporation of this oilseed plant into animal food cuts methane emissions by between 6% and 13% and carbon dioxide emissions by ...

Feb. 25, 2014

By Elhuyar Fundazioa - Basque Research

Methane concentration in the atmosphere has increased rapidly in 10 years

The amount of methane in the atmosphere has increased rapidly over the last ten years. The increase in methane emissions makes it difficult for companies to curb climate change. You see, methane warms the planet about 28 times as much as the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide. So far, methane’s share of global greenhouse gas emissions is about 16 percent, but it could rise. About 70% of ...

May 2, 2017

By Ductor Corp.

National Survey on Cover Crops Seeks Farmer Participation

Farmers are invited to share their thoughts on cover crops—whether or not they use cover crops themselves—in a national survey, now in its third year of collecting valuable data on the increasingly popular management practice. The results, which will be released this summer, will help growers, researchers, agricultural advisors, ag retailers and policymakers more effectively address ...

Feb. 26, 2015

By Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)

Whey from NY`s Greek yogurt used to produce power

The Greek yogurt boom in New York is being harnessed to make electricity. More Greek yogurt production has meant more whey, a watery byproduct from the process. Yogurt makers commonly ship it back to farms for use as feed and fertilizer, but it's also is being used to generate power in several places. At the Gloversville-Johnstown wastewater plant west of Albany, it's pipelined from the nearby ...

Jun. 14, 2013

By Associated Press

Farmer uses poultry power to generate brass from muck

Great Ynys Farm will use poultry power to become more eco friendly and generate a new income stream as a renewable energy generator. The Hereford-based farm, which has 125 acres of arable land and a 90,000 broiler chicken operation, will use anaerobic digestion (AD) to convert chicken litter into biogas for renewable electricity and heat generation. The green electricity will power the ...

Jul. 5, 2011

By ENER-G

Forget the carbon tax. Do we need a cow tax?

Forget idling cars and fossil fuels. Accordingly to Dina Cappiello in an associated press article on June 21, 2009, what comes out of the front end of America’s 170 million cattle, sheep, and pigs produces about a quarter of the methane released each year in the United States, making it the largest source of greenhouse gas in the country. But the very effective farm lobby in the U.S. has ...

Jun. 23, 2009

By GLOBE Foundation

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