Optimal Production and Displatch of Renewable Natural Gas, Electricity, and Fertilizer in Municipal-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Supply Chains

 

Authors: Irene Mas Martin, Alvina Aui, Pallavi Dubey, Lisa A. Schulte Moore, Mark Mba Wright

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Techno-economic and Life Cycle Analysis of Renewable Natural Gas Derived from Anaerobic Digestion of Grassy Biomass: A US Corn Belt Watershed Case Study

Authors: Olumide Olafasakin, Ellen Audia, Mark Mba-Wright, John Tyndall, Lisa Schulte Moore

 

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Grass2Gas Project is Featured in the USDA NIFA Annual Report FY2023

NIFA's mission is to lead and fund programs that advance agricultural sciences. Our investments are crucial to building the knowledge base within those agriculture-related sciences. Additionally, they are vital to the translation of knowledge into practical applications that ensure all people have access to safe, nutritious, and affordable foods. NIFA investments also help make sure farmers, ranchers, and foresters have equitable access to markets. The Grass2Gas project is highlighted as a success story in this year's Annual Report. 

Cultivating Collaboration: Mid-Project Summary for the Grass2Gas Project

C-CHANGE is the Consortium for Cultivating Human And Naturally reGenerative Enterprises. Collaborating institutions work to build science-based partnerships for meeting 21st-century challenges in agriculture, technology, and innovation. Partnerships are needed to meet the goals of delivering abundant, affordable, and safe food and energy to 10 billion people while also returning value to people and the land. A major project outcome of C-CHANGE is Grass2Gas (hereafter, simply G2G), a multi-institutional, transdisciplinary partnership working to evaluate the potential of a new bio-based value chain on U.S.

Building a Resilient Biomass Supply: A Plan to Enable the Bioeconomy in America

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a plan that will boost biomass supply chain resiliency for domestic biobased product manufacturing, while also advancing environmental sustainability and market opportunities for small and mid-sized producers.

The report — Building a Resilient Biomass Supply: A Plan to Enable the Bioeconomy in America (PDF, 2.8 MB) — is one of the key USDA deliverables of President Biden’s Executive Order 14081, which was issued in 2022 and defined bold goals and new priorities meant to catalyze action inside and outside of government to advance America’s domestic bioeconomy.

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Managing Digestate for Crop Production, Reduced Production Costs & Losses to the Environment

By Heather Karsten, Penn State University

Attendance is free, but you must register in advance to obtain a log-in code. 

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Renewable Natural Gas Opportunities Short Course

Consider economic issues and constraints while exploring tools and strategies to transform potential into tangible products

When: April 4, 2024 (1:00-5:30pm) - April 5, 2024 (8:30am-4:00pm)

Where: Penn State University Park Campus | 312 Agricultural Engineering Building | University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Registration Deadline: March 29, 2024 11:59pm

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