AgSTAR Website - What's New http://www.epa.gov/agstar AgSTAR is an outreach program designed to reduce methane emissions from livestock waste management operations by promoting the use of biogas recovery systems. AgSTAR is a collaborative effort of EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Energy. en-us 22 June 2011 http://epa.gov/agstar/images/logos/agstar.gif US EPA AgStar Web site http://www.epa.gov/agstar September 27, 2012 – New Items on AgSTAR Website http://epa.gov/agstar/anaerobic/index.html AgSTAR added two new web pages with information on codigestion and the current state of anaerobic digestion on swine operations. Additionally, the Fact Sheet webpage includes two new fact sheets: Funding On-Farm Anaerobic Digestion and Increasing Anaerobic Digester Performance with Codigestion.

]]> Sept 2012 September 26, 2012 – AgSTAR Issues Call for Abstracts http://epa.gov/agstar/news-events/events/conference13.html AgSTAR is soliciting abstracts for presentations or panel sessions for its June 2013 national conference. Abstracts must be received by November 9, 2012. See conference webpage for more details.

]]> Sept 2012 September 26, 2012 – AgSTAR Updates Project Database http://epa.gov/agstar/projects/index.html AgSTAR's Anaerobic Digester Database has been updated! As of September 2012, AgSTAR estimates 192 digester systems are operating at commercial livestock farms, an increase of more than 13 percent from September 2011. Additionally, we've added five new project profiles: Butler Farms' covered lagoon digester, Fair Oaks Dairy's mixed-plug and vertical-plug flow digesters, Loyd Ray Farms' basin digester, quasar energy group's complete-mix digester on the Ohio State University campus, and Tollenaar Holstein Dairy's complete mix digester.

]]> Sept 2012 September 26, 2012 – New Digester Related Resources http://epa.gov/agstar/lib/index.html A number of new documents are available in the AgSTAR Library, including an assessment of biomass opportunities in Wisconsin, a guide to funding resources in California, and a biomass feasibility study in Washington.

Other items of interest include the segment from the Travel Channel's Off Limits show highlighting Butler Farms available on YouTube and a new article "Cogeneration at US dairies gets a boost from co-digestion," in Cogeneration & Onsite Power Production.

]]> Sept 2012 August 15, 2012 – AgSTAR Releases Summer 2012 Digest http://epa.gov/agstar/news-events/digest/2012summer.html AgSTAR published a new issue of its newsletter, which highlights events featuring AD, including the 2012 Technology Market Summit; newly operational AD systems; regional AD activities; recent additions to AgSTAR's website; and more.

]]> Aug 2012 August 15, 2012 - AgSTAR Launches Web Page Highlighting College and University Research http://epa.gov/agstar/tools/research/index.html AgSTAR has added a new Web page that describes research being conducted at colleges and universities to support the deployment of manure-based anaerobic digester projects. Additional institutions interested in being featured can email the AgSTAR Helpline (agstar@erg.com) for more information on submitting their information.

]]> Aug 2012 August 15, 2012 - AgSTAR Announces 2013 Conference Details http://epa.gov/agstar/news-events/events/index.html#m061013 AgSTAR is pleased to announce that it will hold its next national conference on June 10-12, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana. On June 10th there will be a site tour of Fair Oaks Dairy and its anaerobic digester and biogas recovery system for vehicle fueling. The 11th and 12th will feature presentations on the latest developments in livestock manure anaerobic digester projects, a tradeshow, and many networking opportunities. Stay tuned for more information about the conference including speaking, exhibiting and support opportunities.

]]> Aug 2012 June 26, 2012 – EPA Region 9 Active in Promoting Anaerobic Digesters http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region9.html EPA Region 9 released a Waste to Biogas Mapping Tool, which is an interactive map created to link livestock producers, food processors, and other organic waste sources with existing anaerobic digestion facilities in order to enhance energy production from their biogas recovery systems.

Also in June, Western United Dairymen highlighted a site tour at Robert Giacomini's Dairy in Point Reyes Station, California. Cara Peck, from EPA's regional office in San Francisco, was at the farm to help showcase its anaerobic digestion system, which has been producing renewable energy continuously since June 2009.

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