For those considering bioenergy, there are typically three boxes that must be checked off: the technological case, the social case, and finally, the business case. Now it’s down to economics, and perhaps more importantly, explaining the economics of bioenergy systems…
Read More3 Questions with Tory Wagoner
International Biomass Conference & Expo Speaker Spotlight Featured in the panel titled: Lessons from the Field: Examining Working Digesters to Gain Insight into their Unique Value Proposition Wednesday, April 22 | 10:30 am – Noon | View Panel Principal & Director of…
Read MoreBioenergy Momentum Building in U.S.
Lower US gasoline and diesel prices provides relief for consumer wallets; reinforces the benefit from developing US fuel resources, such as biogas. We have all benefitted from the recent drop in gasoline and diesel prices (I know I have). US…
Read MoreFor the Love of Sea Turtles – Celebrations, Stewardship, and Thankfulness!
Karen Beasley Rescue and Rehabilitation Center partners with Cavanaugh and wins a 2015 ACEC/NC Honors Award for Engineering Excellence – also now celebrates 60,000 visitors. There was a lot of celebrating and excitement at the ACEC Engineering Awards Gala held…
Read MoreVenice Symposium Points to Bioenergy Innovation
In November of 2014, Gus Simmons and Steve Cavanaugh participated in the 5th International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste in Venice, Italy. This Symposium was attended by approximately 400 researchers, scientists, engineers and renewable energy system developers from…
Read MoreUSDA/EPA/DOE Biogas Roadmap a Good Start
Earlier this month, the USDA, along with the EPA and DOE, published a Biogas Opportunities Roadmap report describing steps that these three Federal Agencies will take to further biogas development in the United States. As stated in this report, the…
Read MoreAddressing the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: The Misportrayal of Bioenergy
In May of 2014, US Senator Lisa Murkowski, of the 113th Congressional District in Alaska, released a report developed under her guidance entitled, “The Energy Water Nexus, Interlinked Resources That are Vital for Economic Growth and Sustainability.” I applaud Senator…
Read MoreAbove the Dirt
Compare the Potential: North Carolina has the richest bioenergy reserves, in the form of wastes, in the eastern United States. North Carolina ranks 2nd in the U.S. in the production of hogs and the production of turkeys, ranks 4th in…
Read MoreSwine and Poultry Waste-to-Energy Stakeholder Meeting Participants Call for More Transparency, Risk Abatement
I attended two stakeholder meetings in Raleigh on Monday, June 23, 2014 – one at 10:00 a.m. relative to the Swine Waste-to-Energy set-aside and the renewable energy portfolio standard, and a second one at 1:30 relative to the Poultry set-aside….
Read MoreThe Nexus Between Affordable Energy and Environmental Protection
Recently, I attended the Professional Engineers of North Carolina Annual Conference. I was honored to serve as moderator for a panel discussion titled “The Nexus Between Affordable Energy and Environmental Protection”. The panelists were a distinguished group of experts in…
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