PG&E starts getting gas from manure
The renewable energy industry hits the fan Tuesday in California.
Pacific Gas & Electric and BioEnergy Solutions plans to open a pipeline Tuesday that will deliver methane to the utility from a manure-to-gas facility at a Fresno-area farm. Some farms in California, such as cheese maker Joseph Gallo Farms, and a number in Europe already generate gas from manure, but they also consume it to run their operations. This marks the first time that manure-generated gas will get sold across pipelines in the state.
BioEnergy Solutions owns and operates the digester (the thing that converts the manure into gas), which … Read more