The project will collect manure from dairies with a combined herd size of about 35,000 cows, preventing methane emissions from entering the atmosphere. | File photo

U.S. firms invest in RNG project

REUTERS — Renewable energy firm Clean Energy Fuels says it will jointly develop renewable natural gas production plants at dairy farms across seven U.S. states in the U.S. with RNG producer Maas Energy Works. The project will collect manure from dairies with a combined herd size of about 35,000 cows, preventing methane emissions from entering […] Read more

The feedstocks for biogas are widening from just manure to include grain and other materials, creating new domestic markets and financial benefits for farmers. | File photo

Renewable natural gas a new market for damaged grain

Renewable natural gas is among the newest low- or no-carbon fuels made from agricultural products that are generating attention from power utilities, investors and governments. Actually, capturing and using methane, or biogas, produced from anaerobic digestion in livestock manure ponds has been around for a long time in Europe and developing countries In the early […] Read more

Shylo Penrod is feedlot manager for Rimrock Feeders near High River, Alta.  |  John Greig photo

Digester would manage feedlot manure volume

Alberta has been slow to implement biogas digester technology, says feedlot manager who is building a large system

A biogas digester to be built in Alberta is getting a rougher ride from opponents than expected, especially given the digester would reduce odours from the High River feedlot and produce renewable energy from methane gas now released into the environment. Rimrock Feeders is about six kilometres from High River, south of Calgary, where about […] Read more