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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 MoreIn 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 MoreCalifornia 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 MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe Sacramento Bee and multiple other newspapers across the state have printed BAC’s op-ed in support of the BioMAT program. The op-ed urges Governor Newsom to direct the CPUC to follow the law and the science by extending the BioMAT program. More than two dozen BioMAT projects are currently in development and those projects will…
Read MoreForbes.com has published articles on three BAC members – Anaergia, Raven SR, and Sierra Energy – that are on the cutting edge of bioenergy development. Anaergia is developing organic waste and waste biogas to energy projects on four continents, helping local governments and wastewater agencies turn their waste into valuable forms of energy. Raven SR…
Read MoreThe Green Hydrogen Coalition (GHC) released a white paper that shows that converting waste biomass – organic waste that would otherwise go to landfill – into hydrogen can provide enormous benefits for the environment and the economy. The GHC paper focuses primarily on the opportunity and benefits in Los Angeles County, but most of the…
Read MoreCalifornia Bioenergy LLC (“CalBio”) has secured funding for three new dairy digester projects that will be developed in Bakersfield, Gustine, and Modesto. The funding was awarded from the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP) and Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) as part of the California Climate Investments (CCI)…
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Jordan Solomon, President of Ecostrat, recently authored an article in Biofuels Digest about how BDO (Biofuel Development Opportunity) Zones can help to mitigate wildfire impacts. As Jordan writes, market-based solutions are criticial to help pay the costs of forest fuel treatments that remove excess vegetation and convert it to beneficial uses. One way to do…
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California Bioenergy (“CalBio”), a leading developer of dairy digesters in California, just announced the successful completion of its 78th dairy digester project in the state. Dairy digesters provide critical reductions in methane – the most urgent climate solution – and other types of pollution, benefiting local communities and the global climate. CalBio’s digesters provide a…
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