This Cattle Feedlot Turns Manure Into 1.2 Million MMBtu of Natural Gas a Year
BLM Moves to Fast-Track Oil Permits in Alaska Petroleum Reserve Haley Zaremba is an energy journalist and researcher with more than a decade of professional experience covering global energy systems, land and natural resources, and… A new project is seeking to turn cattle manure into a source of sustainable natural gas for energy production and shipping fuel.
The initiative just broke ground in Broken Bow, Nebraska, where eight anaerobic digesters will process waste from the Adams Land & Cattle feedlot into what the project leads are hoping will be a lucrative and eco-friendly source of approximately 1.2 million MMBtu of pipeline-quality natural gas per year.
“The Adams Land & Cattle RNG facility demonstrates how American agriculture can play an important role in the future of renewable fuels,” Michael Bakas, CEO of Neogenyx Fuels, the company that owns the Nebraska facility, recentlytoldInteresting Engineering.
“By converting livestock waste into renewable natural gas with the potential to support bio-LNG production for global maritime markets, this project connects Nebraska to the growing demand for lower-carbon energy solutions across the world while driving private investment, job creation and local economic growth,” he went on to say.
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These types of programs aren’t just good for the environment and for energy production, they are also great for farmers looking to diversify their income streams and reduce waste.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)promotesthese kinds of ‘biogas recovery’ operations as a plurally beneficial economic strategy for farmers.
The EPA notes that in addition to introducing new income streams for farmers, these programs can inject new life into rural economies, promote the conservation of agricultural land, enhance energy autonomy and independence, foster closed-loop agricultural systems, and forge new connections between farmers and the communities that host them.
However, critics of biodigestion programs take issue with this last point.
They argue that creating more revenue streams for large-scale cattle ranching will only exacerbate the environmental issues that they create.
“The storage of hundreds of thousands of gallons of liquid manure ...
pollutes the air and water of surrounding communities,” 15 members of Congresswrotein 2024 in response to a USDA move to provide federal funding to large-scale animal agriculture.
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