Gus Simmons, Cavanaugh’s Director of Bioenergy, recently attended the third annual American Gas Association’s RNG Workshop in Reno, NV, whose attendance has grown in the last three years by leaps and bounds. It was gratifying to participate in the Renewable…
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American Biogas Council (ABC) held Hands-On Digester Operator Training in Hog Country, Kenansville, NC
Digester Operations Training is something you just can’t find everywhere. These projects are innovative and complex, you just can’t learn to operate them by reading instructions in textbooks. So, what better way to experience and learn about the renewable natural gas operation, than…
Read MoreDominion Electric Partners with Smithfield Foods to Convert Hog Waste to Renewable Energy
“RNG is an innovative and proven way to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture industry by converting it into clean renewable energy.” – Thomas F. Farrell, II, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dominion Energy. Two global industry…
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The American Biogas Council Awards Optima KV Agricultural Project of the Year
Pictured here: Bernie Sheff, American Biogas Council, Chair, Gus Simmons, PE, Cavanaugh, Mark Maloney, OptimaBio Founder, Patrick Serfass, American Biogas Council, Executive Director The American Biogas Council recognized the Optima KV Swine Manure-Derived Renewable Natural Gas Project as the Agricultural Project…
Read More25% by 2025: Smithfield Foods Announces Landmark Investment to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Last week, Smithfield Foods announced its plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2025. This substantial commitment involves expansion of manure-to-energy projects across several states in which they have swine farms and contract growers, including the states of North Carolina,…
Read MoreBiocycle Magazine’s Swine Manure to Biomethane Article highlights the Optima KV project
Swine Manure To Biomethane The June 2018 featured article in Biocycle Magazine is the Optima KV project. The article is written by Craig Coker , a Senior Editor at BioCycle. The project is hailed as the newest renewable energy project to come on line…
Read MoreSpotlight on Creativity and Innovation at the Coastal Entrepreneur Awards
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and kickin’ in Wilmington as both new start-ups and innovative companies celebrated the Coastal Entrepreneurial Awards. The Coastal Entrepreneurial Awards are a collaboration between the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship…
Read MoreA Conservative Argument for Bioenergy
Renewable Energy policy was a top-of-the-platform discussion point for the 2016 presidential candidates. For Hillary Clinton, and the Democratic platform, there were commitments to expand the policies of the Obama administration, which includes expansion of the use of renewable energy…
Read MoreGeorgia takes leadership position in harvesting value from waste
Energy was not only the subject but in the air at the GEFA Biogas Technical Assistance Workshop in Peachtree City, Georgia last week. …
Read MoreCAPE FEAR VOICES: State has huge untapped source of energy
The following Opinion/Editorial was posted Aug 29, 2016 at 2:11 PM by the StarNews. By Gus Simmons for StarNews Media North Carolina has the potential to gain $2.7 billion in new capital investment, nearly 24,300 construction and maintenance jobs, and…
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