In US and abroad: Biogas on the rise

[Fledermaus]

Generated from manure and municipal solid waste to name a few, biogas is the backbone of multiple power applications and technologies across the globe.

To that end, California-based BioEnergy Solutions has received approval from the Kern County Board of Supervisors to construct a biogas distribution network in the Central Valley of southern California. Eventually becoming a nine-farm network, the underground pipeline system will transport methane gas captured from cow manure to a purification facility in Shafter, Calif. After being upgraded to utility-standard natural gas, it will be delivered to Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s nearby pipeline for distribution. BioEnergy Solutions spokesman Steve Duchesne said so far four dairy farms have signed onto the project, and engineering design work has begun. Project construction is slated to begin in 2009.

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