Biogas Opportunities Roadmap Fosters Innovation for Dairy Farms
The White House released a Biogas Opportunities Roadmaphighlighting the economic and environmental benefits and potential for biogas systems on dairy farms in the United States. According to the Roadmap, biogas systems offer a wide range of potential revenue streams, growing jobs and boosting economic development for communities. The systems work by recycling organic material, including cow manure and food waste, into valuable co-products such as renewable energy, fertilizer, separated nutrients and cow bedding.
To develop the Roadmap, the White House worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the dairy industry through the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, Rosemont, Ill.