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Big plans made BIGGER…
We’ve spent a lot of time over the past several months writing about the importance of diverting food waste from the regular waste stream. What we haven’t talked about as much is our work to secure a contract to expand the Exeter Agri-Energy (EAE)…
Read moreIn the neighborhood – the organic waste conversation heats up in Maine
Sorry for the radio silence, folks – we’ve been busy working on a variety of projects including spending some time with the Maine legislature! A new article in the Bangor Daily News caught our eye, though, and it was clear we needed to jump…
Read moreIowa kids: “Stop dumping food waste in landfills”
Biogas Energy Partners may have to hire these three guys as policy consultants. The Des Moines Register had this nice story last week about three young men who are concerned about the methane gas produced by food waste needlessly taking up space in landfills.…
Read moreNavigating cow power complexity
On Monday, CTMirror published an interesting article about how difficult it is for farmers in Connecticut to bring anaerobic digestion systems online. The story by reporter Jan Ellen Spiegel details how one farmer, Paul Miller, has been trying to build an energy-producing digestion facility…
Read moreFood waste challenge inspires creativity
Food waste needlessly takes up a lot of space in New England’s landfills, and as Biogas Energy Partners has predicted, legislation in many states across the nation is probably on the way as a result of growing awareness. The problem is twofold. First, a…
Read moreMaine biogas co. advances green energy understanding
Continuing your science education is a positive. The anaerobic digestion facility that Biogas Energy Partners (BEP) helped bring online at Stonyvale Farm in Exeter, Maine, has received a lot of media attention. On Sunday, the Maine Today newspapers published a very lengthy article about…
Read moreThere’s gold in your trash
Or at the very least, warmth to protect you from this frigid Maine winter! The Associated Press reported yesterday that the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine has received a federal grant to convert food waste into renewable energy. The grant will…
Read moreScale mountains, literally, with anaerobic digestion
The Killington ski resort in Vermont is likely the first ski area in the world to use cow power to bring skiers to the top of the mountain, according to Green Mountain Power, the utility company to whom Vermont dairy farmers sell the green…
Read moreWhy is government tracking food waste?
The government doesn’t keep track of certain information for no reason at all, I assure you. As I predicted in July, new environmental regulations are on the way. In Massachusetts, for instance, state environmental officials are preparing to ban hospitals, universities, hotels, large restaurants,…
Read moreGood news for biogas & anaerobic digestion: Wintle honored
We’re very excited that BEP’s managing partner, Adam Wintle, has been named one of the top ten business leaders in Maine. Specifically, Mainebiz magazine has named Adam as part of its ‘2012 NEXT List,’ an annual honor they bestow on, “Maine entrepreneurs and innovators…
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