Posts by Julia Levin
PBS Features BAC in Waste to Energy Episode
Energy Switch, which airs on more than 90 percent of PBS stations, released an episode on Waste to Energy that features BAC Executive Director, Julia Levin. The nearly 30-minute episode highlights the many benefits of bioenergy and the ways to accelerate its deployment. WATCH: Energy Switch, Waste to Energy episode.
Read MoreMainspring Energy Signs Landmark 1.6 Gigawatt Deal !!
Mainspring Energy has signed an agreement with American Electric Power (AEP), one of the nation’s largest investor-owned utilities, to provide 1.6 gigawatts of linear generators to meet growing electricity demand from data centers. Under the agreement, Mainspring will deliver an initial 190 MW of linear generators in Indiana in 2027, with the broader agreement contracted…
Read MoreOPAL Fuels Increases RNG Fueling in Tulare County
OPAL Fuels has announced both a major upgrade to its existing RNG (renewable natural gas) fueling station and plans for a second RNG fueling station in Tulare County, in the heart of California’s Central Valley. OPAL has completed the renovation and upgrade of its fueling station in Goshen, California, where it will dispense approximately 14 million…
Read MoreRedtail Renewables to Convert Yolo County Landfill Gas to Energy
Redtail Renewables and Yolo County have executed an agreement to develope and operate a landfill gas to energy project at the Yolo County Central Landfill. The landmark public-private partnership will transform landfill gas – a potent greenhouse gas – into biomethane (also known as RNG). “By converting landfill gas — a significant source of greenhouse…
Read MoreEcostrat’s Jordan Solomon Named Biomass Champion of the Year!!
Canadian Biomass Magazine has named Jordan Solomon, President and CEO of Ecostrat and Chairman of the BDO Zone Initiative, the biomass “Champion of the Year” for 2026 — recognition of Jordan’s nearly three decades spent solving the bioeconomy’s most stubborn barrier to growth: feedstock risk. The honour lands two years after Ecostrat itself was named…
Read MoreAir Board Adopts Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive with New Cap-and-Invest Regulations
In late May, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted revisions to the state’s Cap-and-Invest (formerly, Cap & Trade) program, including the adoption of a new Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive (MDI). The MDI will help manufacturing facilities in California to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by allocating free allowances to facilities that switch from fossil fuels…
Read MoreCalBio Smashes Carbon Intensity Records
How low can it go? Well, California Bioenergy’s new dairy biogas to hydrogen project is breaking carbon intensity records in all the best ways. CalBio is working with Bar20 Dairy Farm in Kerman, California to convert dairy manure to low carbon hydrogen for transportation fueling. The California Air Resources Board has released a draft analysis…
Read MoreResources Agency Secretary Calls for Increased Biomass Use
In early May, the Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, Wade Crowfoot, called on the heads of eight other state agencies to increase inter-agency collaboration on biomass utilization. Secretary Crowfoot sent a letter to the heads of the CPUC, CEC, Air Board, CalFire, Department of Conservation, Governor’s Office of Business Development and other agencies.…
Read MoreCalBio and Mainspring Expand Use of Linear Generators on Dairies
California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio) has announced that it will expand its use of Mainspring Energy’s linear generators to provide 5.3 megawatts of emissions free power. CalBio’s purchase of an additional eight linear generators will be deployed at its North Visalia and South Tulare cluster biogas upgrading sites. CalBio was the first dairy digester developer in…
Read MoreUS Forest Service Highlights West Biofuels, Need for Forest Bioenergy
The United States Forest Service (USFS), which has provided funding for several forest BioMAT projects, is featuring West Biofuels and one of its BioMAT projects on the USFS homepage. The USFS website underscores how important bioenergy is for forest health, protection against wildfires, air quality, energy reliability and rural economic development. USFS also underscores that…
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