biogas
noun
bio·gas
ˈbī-ō-ˌgas 
: a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by the bacterial decomposition of organic wastes and used as a fuel
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Second-income streams are already coming to intensive livestock operations that produce biogas.
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The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
This biogas is then treated to capture carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen.
—Condé Nast, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2024
Food waste also can be converted into biogas to fuel vehicles or industrial operations.
—Amy Taxin, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
California's goal is to keep that waste from piling up in landfills, instead turning it into compost or biogas.
—Amy Taxin, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2024
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Liquid wastes are suitable for conversion to biogas through anaerobic digestion of livestock waste and wastewater.
—Wood MacKenzie, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
California’s goal is to keep that waste from piling up in landfills, instead turning it into compost or biogas.
—Amy Taxin, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
The biogas can be further upgraded into biomethane, a carbon neutral fuel chemically identical to its fossil counterpart, natural gas.
—Wood MacKenzie, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The Menlo Park, Calif., company, which was founded in 2010 by three Stanford grads, is producing a machine that generates 230 to 430 kilowatts using almost any kind of fuel, including ammonia, hydrogen, biogas, or natural gas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2023
The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
This biogas is then treated to capture carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen.
—Condé Nast, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2024
Food waste also can be converted into biogas to fuel vehicles or industrial operations.
—Amy Taxin, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
California's goal is to keep that waste from piling up in landfills, instead turning it into compost or biogas.
—Amy Taxin, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2024
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Liquid wastes are suitable for conversion to biogas through anaerobic digestion of livestock waste and wastewater.
—Wood MacKenzie, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
California’s goal is to keep that waste from piling up in landfills, instead turning it into compost or biogas.
—Amy Taxin, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
The biogas can be further upgraded into biomethane, a carbon neutral fuel chemically identical to its fossil counterpart, natural gas.
—Wood MacKenzie, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The Menlo Park, Calif., company, which was founded in 2010 by three Stanford grads, is producing a machine that generates 230 to 430 kilowatts using almost any kind of fuel, including ammonia, hydrogen, biogas, or natural gas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2023
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“Biogas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biogas. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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