[caption id="attachment_1271" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Credit: USDA, via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Petroleum industry representatives have put pressure on the Trump administration to backtrack on the renewable fuel standard (RFS) — an energy policy that was introduced back in 2005 by President...
Credit: Mike Mozard/JeepersMedia via Flickr[/caption] The Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), supported by members of House Biofuels Caucus, have challenged the US Environmental Protection Agency in court after they recently granted hardship waivers for several small refineries, including some that are...
Los Angeles under smog.Credit: Dave Herholtz, via Flickrhttps://www.defense.gov/Photos/Photo-Gallery/igphoto/2001855265/[/caption] Nearly half of all Americans are exposed to outdoor air pollution that could potentially impact their health, according to a report recently published by the American Lung Association, which has been ranking...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently published a report which outlines the economic impact that the biofuel and bioenergy industry has made in the US. The report measures factors such as economic growth, job creation and average household income...
Opening SWANA’s 41st Annual Landfill Gas & Biogas Symposium, held in Denver, Colorado in March, 2018, Kirsten Cappel from the EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program outlined the latest trends in the landfill gas energy industry and provided some background...
Featured Image by David Anstiss [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Livestock farms could provide an abundant supply of renewable energy through methane from manure projects. Farm manure, already widely used in biogas projects, could provide a readily available and...
Featured Image by Iwan Gabovitch via Flickr[/caption] Combustion is the process whereby a fuel is burned in the presence of oxygen to produce energy. The process requires a fuel, air and an ignition source (spark/flame), and results in carbon dioxide,...
The Optima 7 is a powerful handheld Bio gas analyzer that can be used to measure seven different biogas and flue gas components simultaneously, or used as a portable biogas analyzer or methane gas detector. Data can be downloaded via...
Photo by Ray Crayton, U.S. Air Force[/caption] It is imperative that anyone working in confined spaces, or on sites where hazardous gases can accumulate, should have a personal monitor in their kit. Harmful gases can accumulate in confined spaces, where...
