Let down by electric utilities, farmers bet on natural gas as a more promising way to make a return from cow manure. This story is the second in a three-part series. Read the first and third ...

CASA GRANDE — Thousands of gallons of liquid manure sit in the open on 25-foot deep settling ponds at Casa Grande Dairy Co. Farm owner Jim Boyle says he could earn some extra revenue by taking biogas, ...

West Lampeter Township is being courted by a company that wants to build a $45 to $50 million bug-based anaerobic manure digester system to pump out "green" electricity for up to 30 farms. In exchange ...

PLYMOUTH, Ind. — Homestead Dairy Farm is family-owned and operated. Jill and Brian Houin recycle cow manure to help power their hometown with green energy. They’re able to do that with the help of an ...

The Environmental Protection Agency's AgSTAR program is holding a workshop Oct. 15 in Elk Grove for dairy producers interested in learning more about manure digester systems. The workshop will feature ...

Use of biogas from manure for power production offers various benefits related to reduced atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide emissions, reduced local odor problems, and diminished potential for ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Jan. 22, 2004 — Environmental Power Corp., a specialist in the renewable energy industry with proprietary technology to convert manure into electricity, announced that its subsidiary ...

ST. PAUL -- The House and Senate have provided $660,000 to provide loans to finance manure digester systems. Manure digesters take farm animal waste, trap the methane gas from the manure and convert ...

Fogel is partnering with Kirby Pabst of Pabst Engineering in Onalaska to operate a pilot anaerobic digester that will convert manure into energy and provide cleaner crop fertilizer. The digester ...