A new study shows that systems designed to capture methane from cow manure, called dairy digesters, are highly effective. But on the rare occasions they fail, the leaks are large enough to offset ...

A new study from the University of California, Riverside offers a nuanced assessment of dairy manure digesters, finding the systems significantly reduce methane emissions overall but can lose much of ...

Nine electricity-producing methane digesters are under development throughout the state despite initial financing hurdles. Digesters, located on dairy farms, convert manure into electricity by ...

A California state grant program designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions results in the direct release of approximately 225,000 to 300,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air each year, ...

Rather than wait on the shaky timeline of offshore wind production, the state should invest in developing these digesters to reach its climate goals. Anaerobic digesters could help state cut methane ...

The operation, run by Pennsylvania-based Ag-Grid Energy, is the first of its kind in the country. The company claims the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is over 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide when trapping heat over a 20-year period.

BROOTEN, Minn. — More than 200 people attended the recent methane digester field day on Jerry and Linda Jennissen’s Brooten farm. The Jennissen’s methane digester pilot project uses the smallest ...

A new study shows that systems designed to capture methane from cow manure, called dairy digesters, are highly effective. But on the rare occasions they fail, the leaks are large enough to offset ...