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If you're visiting regularly or subscribed to the RSS feed from our Industry News Center, then you've seen this report on the booming biogas market. 
 
Biogas power plants combine anaerobic digestion systems with electric generators. The electricity they produce is considered renewable or green energy and can be sold into the national grid. In addition to wastewater treatment plants, biogas cogeneration has been employed in industrial processing applications, landfill and agriculture.

According to the Helmut Kaiser Consultancy, "The future increase use of biogas is a strong goal in most countries, not only because is it a renewable energy source but it will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and soil degradation…."  The firm's study is the first global inventory of biogas plants in 50 countries, with estimates of market potential and projected developments to 2030.

Keeping up with Biogas and all the industry news is made easier thanks to this site's Industry News Center. Publisher Joe Taylor monitors the full spectrum of industry news and selects only the most salient items for inclusion.

Taylor told me he's seen an increasing number of news stories about the use of biogas as an energy source and a growing number of equipment manufacturers offering biogas/methane cogeneration solutions for wastewater facilities. "About a year ago we added a new section to our Buyers Guide and Industry Directory for Cogeneration using biogas/methane," he said. You can visit this section here. If your company provides equipment and services for cogeneration, you can add your company's link to our directory here.

Don Dunnington
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