AgSTAR Data and Trends Anaerobic Digestion: U.S. Highlights [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='5' down='5'] Projects 247 operational projects in the U.S. (March 2015) 202 Dairy 39 Hog 8 Mixed 7 Poultry 8 Beef Note: Totals sum to more than 247 because some projects accept manure from more than one animal type. Benefits in 2014 GHG emissions avoided: 3.0 MMTCO2e Energy...
Growth in facility installations is steady, but lack of capital and antiquated energy policies remain obstacles to realizing the broad suite of benefits that manure-based digester systems could achieve. Installation of manure-based digester systems at farms in the United States has been in process since the late...
Biogas Energy Biogas comes from animal manure, and is perhaps the ultimate win-win energy source, allowing farmers to produce their own electricity and reduce the water contamination, odor pollution, and global warming emissions caused by animal waste. Biogas is produced when bacteria decompose manure anaerobically -- without...
Environmental campaigners blast cloud giant over its green credentials. Amazon Web Services (AWS) should power its datacentres with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2020, according to campaigners who accuse the cloud giant of falling behind its rivals. Green America has started an online petition to hasten AWS’s transition to...
Technology company says it will open 14th data centre at Widows Creek site in Jackson County that will be powered with 100% renewable energy. Google will convert an old coal-fired power plant in rural Alabama into a data centre powered by renewable power, expanding the company’s...
It will invest at least $500 million in a 110-acre site in Texas Facebook is building a new data center in Fort Worth, Texas, that will be powered entirely by renewable energy. The company will invest at least US$500 million in the 110-acre site, which is expected...