Processing highly variable feedstocks, each with their own makeup of sugars, fats, and other organic compounds is a complex job. Researchers at the University of Iowa are turning to automation to address associated challenges.
As key decision makers contemplate the best pathway en route to these targets, they are paying attention to methane, documented as 80 times more harmful to the environment than CO2 and making up 40 percent of the state’s total greenhouse gas footprint. But with all its aspirations, New York is missing opportunities to capture and use one of the world’s top methane sources organic waste charges Energy Vision.
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Critics say that air pollutants and waste discharged from farms and from already existing farm-based biodigesters receive scant federal and state oversight.