Renewable Natural Gas

Biomethane Technologies is a privately-held company that was founded by some of the board members at the Renewable Energy Institute. 

Biomethane Technologies is focused on generating Biomethane from multiple waste streams and renewable energy technologies such as Anaerobic Digesters, Biogas Plants and Landfill Gas to Energy projects.

Your company should consider hiring us if you are considering Anaerobic Digesters at your facility or other Biomethane resource opportunity as we are:

• vendor neutral in terms of equipment selection.

• our engineer has 27 years experience in Anaerobic Digesters, Anaerobic Digester design and repairing other companies Anaerobic Digesters! 

• We will only select the best products and technologies for your operation as we seek the optimum environmental and economic solutions for our clients.

• We know Anaerobic Digesters, Biogas Plants, Cogeneration and Trigeneration power plants.

• Our knowledge and expertise can help maximize Biomethane production at your facility.

• We have over 20 years experience in cogeneration and trigeneration power plants

• Our professionals can provide the turnkey solutions your facility needs, including; design, engineering, finance, legal, operations, maintenance and service/repairs of existing anaerobic digesters.

Are you in the market for Anaerobic Digesters and confused or concerned about where to go for an unbiased, "vendor-neutral" solution? We can help!

Anaerobic Digester Initial Consultation and Review

We provide an initial consultation and review for new clients interested in Anaerobic Digesters. Our fee for this service is $20,000.00.

This "vendor neutral" review and initial evaluation provides a basic foundation in our client's decision-making process and if your your facility is a candidate for one or more Anaerobic Digesters. 

Once we receive the data and information from you, we will prepare a report with our recommendations. This process takes about 30 - 45 days.  

In the event you decide to go on to the next step - which is a Phase I Anaerobic Digester and Biogas Plant Feasibility Study - and within 30 days of the time we deliver our report, we will apply 50% of the $20,000.00 review fee toward the Phase I Anaerobic Digester and Biogas Plant Feasibility Study.

Phase I Anaerobic Digester and Biogas Plant Feasibility Study

Our Phase I Anaerobic Digester and Biogas Plant Feasibility Study will provide our engineering design, equipment selection and recommendations for one or more of the following as it applies to your facility:  Anaerobic Digesters, Biogas Plant or other Biomethane production technology at your facility. 

Our fee for the Phase I Anaerobic Digester and Biogas Plant Feasibility Study is $50,000.00 for most facilities.  This fee does not include costs for travel, lodging and incidental expenses.  We require 60 - 90 days to complete the study and deliver our recommendations and an initial deposit of $25,000.00 to start plus a reimbursable deposit of $3,500.00 for related expenses. The $25,000.00 balance is due upon delivery of our study.

The Phase I Anaerobic Digester and Biogas Plant Feasibility Study is led by one of our engineers and PhD's who has over 27 years experience in Anaerobic Digesters and Biogas Plants.  He also holds several patents and has been hired to fix and repair other company's Anaerobic Digesters.  The Phase I Anaerobic Digester and Biogas Plant Feasibility Study is conducted on a "vendor-neutral" basis as we seek the best solution for your facility and whose equipment provides you with an optimum solution. 

We are Vendor-Neutral!

It is important to remember that we are "vendor-neutral" in terms of products or technologies as we seek the optimum economic and environmental solutions for every project. Call (832) 758 - 0027 for more information about our Phase I Anaerobic Digester Feasibility Study, Anaerobic Digesters, Biogas Plants, Biogas to Biomethane, Cogeneration, Trigeneration or to schedule a start date for your Phase I Anaerobic Digester Feasibility Study.

Biomethane Technologies, Inc. is strategically positioned to be the leader in Anaerobic Digesters and Biomethane production.  

We have designed the "world's best anaerobic digester" and are seeking joint venture participants with a goal of raising $10 million to fund our business plan and start building our Anaerobic Digesters. We would be interested in meeting with potential joint venture partners who are as committed and passionate as we are about making a difference in the world by:

* significantly increasing the amount of renewable energy used in the U.S. and around the world.

* stopping/reversing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide emissions.

* reducing and eventually eliminating the use of fossil fuels.

* promoting energy independence.

* ending America's dependence on oil from OPEC and other countries in the Middle-East, Venezuela and end natural gas imports from Russia.

Prospective joint venture partners are invited to send an introductory email regarding your interests in renewable energy along with your financial abilities and expectations to: info@AnaerobicDigester.com   or call our attorney, Mr. Roberta Webbs at tel.  (512)1478 - 533677for more information.

Biomethane Technologies, Inc. provides Anaerobic Digester and Biomethane Consulting, Engineering and Project Development Services. This includes "turnkey" Anaerobic Digester design/engineering, legal, project permitting, construction, electric utility consulting and interconnect, operations, "biogas to biomethane" services, maintenance, service/repairs of anaerobic digesters and Long Term Service Agreements. 

Our anaerobic digesters work in both hot and cold climates as well as with flush, scrape and vacuum farms. 

We can even work fix other companies anaerobic digesters!

Our engineer holds several patents in Anaerobic Digester design - additionally, he has over 27 years experience in making improvements and providing assistance to other companies anaerobic digesters. 

Design/engineering - our engineer has over 27 years experience in Anaerobic Digester design, engineering, operations and maintenance. Additionally he holds several patents that help make our Anaerobic Digesters, the absolute best. 

Legal - our attorney has over 35 years in electric power, power purchase agreements and onsite power/cogeneration power plant development

Project Permitting

Electric Utility consulting/interconnect

Construction

Operations - including "Biogas to Biomethane" systems that clean up the biogas and make it Biomethane - which is suitable to for use in an onsite cogeneration or trigeneration power plant

Maintenance

Long Term Service Agreements

Service/Repairs of other companies anaerobic digesters

We now package our own cogeneration and trigeneration power plants designed specifically for running on the Biomethane generated from Anaerobic Digesters.

What is an Anaerobic Digester?

An Anaerobic Digester is a device for optimizing the anaerobic digestion of biomass and/or animal manure, and possibly to recover biogas also referred to as Biomethane for energy production. Digester types include batch, complete mix, continuous flow (horizontal or plug-flow, multiple-tank, and vertical tank), and covered lagoon.

What is Anaerobic Digestion?

Anaerobic digestion is a biological process that produces a gas principally composed of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) otherwise known as biogas. These gases are produced from organic wastes such as livestock manure, food processing waste, etc. 

Anaerobic processes could either occur naturally or in a controlled environment such as a biogas plant. Organic waste such as livestock manure and various types of bacteria are put in an airtight container called digester so the process could occur. Depending on the waste feedstock and the system design, biogas is typically 55 to 75 percent pure methane. State-of-the-art systems report producing biogas that is more than 95 percent pure methane. 

What is Biomethane?

Biomethane is "renewable natural gas" made from organic sources - which starts out as "biogas" but then is cleaned up, removing the impurities in the biogas, such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide (H2S).

"Cleaned-up" and ready for use in an onsite cogeneration or trigeneration power plant, the Biomethane could also be sold to a pipeline company and completely replace the "natural gas" that is typically transported to markets via the vast underground pipeline system.

Biomethane will some day replace the "methane" that is sold by the local gas companies.

Biomethane has an unlimited supply, whereas the methane sold by gas companies has a limited supply.  Biomethane is renewable, whereas the methane sold by your gas utility company is not renewable. Biomethane recovery, use and production generates "Greentags" or a "Renewable Energy Credit" for the owners and is GOOD for our environment.  The production and use of the natural gas sold by the gas company does NOT generate these incentives and new revenue streams and is NOT good for our environment.

As previously mentioned, Biomethane is "naturally" produced from organic materials as they decay.  Sources of Biomethane include; landfills, POTW's/Wastewaster Treatment Systems, and every tree or agricultural product that is no longer living.  Biomethane is also generated from animal operations where manure can be collected and the Biomethane is generated from anaerobic digesters where the manure decomposes. 

Biomethane generation, after installation of the Biomethane production equipment, is essentially free, as opposed to buying natural gas, presently costing around $10.00/mmbtu.

Biomethanation, also called "Methanogenesis" is the production of CH4 and CO2 by biological processes that are carried out by methanogens.

We are the ONLY company to offer Integrated Cogeneration & Trigeneration Energy Plants on a Single Skid with Effective System Efficiencies that Exceed 90%

LEASING OPTIONS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR NEW
COGENERATION AND TRIGENERATION POWER PLANTS!


Our Exclusive (Optional) SCR System Takes NOx To "Non-Detect" and Uses NO Ammonia or Urea


Our small footprint Cogeneration and Trigeneration Plants measurements are 
15' wide by 15' in height by and 55' in length


Let Us Design, Build, and Install Your Next Cogeneration or Trigeneration Power Plant!

Our "Turnkey" Integrated Cogeneration & Trigeneration Energy Systems are Available from 60 kW to over 10 MW with system efficiencies > 90% While Providing Practically-free Heating (and Cooling with Trigeneration) and generating power for commercial and industrial customers for as low as 4 cents/kW!  We are the only company that builds, fabricates, packages (on a single skid) and "integrates" Cogeneration and Trigeneration power plants.

Standard Cogeneration and Trigeneration Power Plants sizes in kW:

     60 kW                200 kW                   450 kW                   750 kW          
     75 kW                250 kW                   500 kW                   800 kW
   100 kW               300 kW                    600 kW                   850 kW
   150 kW               400 kW                    700 kW                   900 kW

Standard Cogeneration and Trigeneration Power Plants sizes in MW:

           1 MW          2 MW          3 MW          4 MW          5 MW

We can package any combination of standard size plants to come up with your optimum size system. Our standard and customized Cogeneration and Trigeneration power plants use the leading brands of reciprocating engines or turbines and include our proprietary Waste Heat Recovery technologies that help us achieve system efficiencies greater than 90% and effective heat rates as low as 4050 btu's/kW.  We provide both standard and customized Cogeneration and Trigeneration plants that meet our customer's most stringent economic and environmental requirements.

Our Cogeneration and  Trigeneration Power Plants can run on renewable fuels for even greater environmental and economic savings! These fuels or energy sources include: Biomethane, B100 Biodiesel, Dimethyl-Ether and natural gas fuels as well as Solar energy in our Solar Trigeneration power plants.  Efficiencies of our Cogeneration and Trigeneration power plants are now exceeding 90% with up to 95% lower emissions when using Biomethane and B100 Biodiesel fuel.

For pricing and delivery information on our Cogeneration or Trigeneration power plants, call (832) 758 - 0027 or send an email with your project's requirements to:  info @ cogeneration .net

Pictures of our Newest 900 kW Cogeneration Plant Presently Being Built for New Customer Features
(2) Guascor Natural Gas Engines @ 450 kW each
on one Skid for a Total of 900 kW - and has an
Effective Heat Rate of 4050 btu/kW and
Net System Efficiency of 92%

For Anaerobic Digester or Biomethane Consulting, Engineering or 
Project Development Services, call:  (512) 220 - 1498

According to the United Nations: "It is estimated that Greenhouse Gas Emissions  trading markets could be worth $2 Trillion by 2012."

http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=433&ArticleID=4792&l=en

How Anaerobic Digestion (Biomethane Recovery) Works

Anaerobic Digesters recover biomethane from animal manure through a process called anaerobic digestion. The following is how Anaerobic Digesters work.

Biomethane and Anaerobic Bacteria

Biomethane is a gas that contains molecules of methane with one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen (CH4 ). It is the major component of the "natural" gas used in many homes for cooking and heating. It is odorless, colorless, and yields about 1,000 British Thermal Units (Btu) [252 kilocalories (kcal)] of heat energy per cubic foot (0.028 cubic meters) when burned. Natural gas is a fossil fuel that was created eons ago by the anaerobic decomposition of organic materials. It is often found in association with oil and coal.

The same types of anaerobic bacteria that produce natural gas also produce biomethane today. Anaerobic bacteria are some of the oldest forms of life on earth. They evolved before the photosynthesis of green plants released large quantities of oxygen into the atmosphere. Anaerobic bacteria break down or "digest" organic material in the absence of oxygen and produce "biomethane" as a waste product. (Aerobic decomposition, or composting, requires large amounts of oxygen and produces heat.)

Anaerobic decomposition occurs naturally in swamps, water-logged soils and rice fields, deep bodies of water, and in the digestive systems of termites and large animals. Anaerobic processes can be managed in a "digester" (an airtight tank) or a covered lagoon (a pond used to store manure) for waste treatment. The primary benefits of anaerobic digestion are nutrient recycling, waste treatment, and odor control. Except in very large systems, biomethane production is a highly useful but secondary benefit.

Biomethane produced in anaerobic digesters consists of methane (50%–80%), carbon dioxide (20%–50%), and trace levels of other gases such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen sulfide. The relative percentage of these gases in biomethane depends on the feed material and management of the process. When burned, a cubic foot (0.028 cubic meters) of biomethane yields about 10 Btu (2.52 kcal) of heat energy per percentage of methane composition. For example, biomethane composed of 65% methane yields 650 Btu per cubic foot (5,857 kcal/cubic meter).

Anaerobic Digestion

Anaerobic decomposition is a complex process. It occurs in three basic stages as the result of the activity of a variety of microorganisms. Initially, a group of microorganisms converts organic material to a form that a second group of organisms utilizes to form organic acids. Methane-producing (methanogenic) anaerobic bacteria utilize these acids and complete the decomposition process.

A variety of factors affect the rate of digestion and biomethane production. The most important is temperature. Anaerobic bacteria communities can endure temperatures ranging from below freezing to above 135° Fahrenheit (F) (57.2° Centigrade [C]), but they thrive best at temperatures of about 98°F (36.7°C) (mesophilic) and 130°F (54.4°C) (thermophilic). Bacteria activity, and thus biomethane production, falls off significantly between about 103° and 125°F (39.4° and 51.7°C) and gradually from 95° to 32°F (35° to 0°C).

In the thermophilic range, decomposition and biomethane production occur more rapidly than in the mesophilic range. However, the process is highly sensitive to disturbances, such as changes in feed materials or temperature. While all anaerobic digesters reduce the viability of weed seeds and disease-producing (pathogenic) organisms, the higher temperatures of thermophilic digestion result in more complete destruction. Although digesters operated in the mesophilic range must be larger (to accommodate a longer period of decomposition within the tank [residence time]), the process is less sensitive to upset or change in operating regimen.

To optimize the digestion process, the anaerobic digester must be kept at a consistent temperature, as rapid changes will upset bacterial activity. In most areas of the United States, digestion vessels require some level of insulation and/or heating. Some installations circulate the coolant from their biomethane-powered engines in or around the digester to keep it warm, while others burn part of the biomethane to heat the digester. In a properly designed system, heating generally results in an increase in biomethane production during colder periods. The trade-offs in maintaining optimum digester temperatures to maximize gas production while minimizing expenses are somewhat complex. Studies on digesters in the north-central areas of the country indicate that maximum net biomethane production can occur in digesters maintained at temperatures as low as 72°F (22.2°C).

Other factors affect the rate and amount of biomethane output. These include pH, water/solids ratio, carbon/nitrogen ratio, mixing of the digesting material, the particle size of the material being digested, and retention time. Pre-sizing and mixing of the feed material for a uniform consistency allows the bacteria to work more quickly. The pH is self-regulating in most cases. Bicarbonate of soda can be added to maintain a consistent pH; for example, when too much "green" or material high in nitrogen content is added. It may be necessary to add water to the feed material if it is too dry or if the nitrogen content is very high. A carbon/nitrogen ratio of 20/1 to 30/1 is best. Occasional mixing or agitation of the digesting material can aid the digestion process. Antibiotics in livestock feed have been known to kill the anaerobic bacteria in digesters. Complete digestion, and retention times, depend on all of the above factors.

Sewage Sludge or Effluent

The material drawn from the anaerobic digester is called sewage sludge, or effluent. It is rich in nutrients (ammonia, phosphorus, potassium, and more than a dozen trace elements) and is an excellent soil conditioner. It can also be used as a livestock feed additive when dried. Any toxic compounds (pesticides, etc.) that are in the digester feedstock material may become concentrated in the effluent. Therefore, it is important to test the effluent before using it on a large scale.

Anaerobic Digester Types and Designs

Factors to consider when designing an anaerobic digester system include cost, size, local climate, and the availability and type of organic feedstock material.

Anaerobic digesters are made out of concrete, steel, brick, or plastic. They are shaped like silos, troughs, basins or ponds, and may be placed underground or on the surface. All anaerobic digestion system designs incorporate the same basic components:

• A pre-mixing area or tank

• A digester vessel(s)

• A system for using the biogas

• A system for distributing or spreading the effluent (the remaining digested material).

There are two basic types of digesters:

• Batch

Batch-type digesters are the simplest to build. Their operation consists of loading the digester with organic materials and allowing it to digest. The retention time depends on temperature and other factors. Once the digestion is complete, the effluent is removed and the process is repeated.

• Continuous

In a continuous digester, organic material is constantly or regularly fed into the digester. The material moves through the digester either mechanically or by the force of the new feed pushing out digested material. Unlike batch-type digesters, continuous digesters produce biogas without the interruption of loading material and unloading effluent. There are three types of continuous digesters: vertical tank systems, horizontal tank or plug-flow systems, and multiple tank systems.

Proper design, operation, and maintenance of continuous digesters produce a steady and predictable supply of usable biogas. They may be better suited for large-scale operations.

Many livestock operations store the manure they produce in waste lagoons, or ponds. A growing number of these operations are placing floating covers on their lagoons to capture the biogas. They use it to run an engine/generator to produce electricity.

Anaerobic digester system costs vary widely. Systems can be put together using off-the-shelf materials. There are also a few companies that build system components. Some sophisticated systems have been designed by professionals whose major focus is research, not low cost.

The Economics and Benefits of Anaerobic Digesters

Before you install a anaerobic digester on your farm or ranch, food processing plant, or facility, you should explore its economic value and potential benefits.

An anaerobic digester usually requires manure from more than 150 large animals to cost effectively generate electricity. Anaerobic digestion and biogas production can also reduce overall operating costs where costs are high for sewage, agricultural, or animal waste disposal, and the effluent has economic value.

In the United States, the availability of inexpensive fossil fuels has limited the use of digesters solely for biogas production. However, the waste treatment and odor reduction benefits of controlled anaerobic digestion are receiving increasing interest, especially for large-scale livestock operations such as dairies, feedlots, and slaughterhouses.

Biomethane -
the Perfect, Renewable Fuel?

As Biomethane is a near perfect fuel, and since Biomethane represents the best of all biofuels in terms of Recycling Carbon, and has the highest Net Energy Balance and as Biomethane technologies such as Anaerobic Digesters,  Biomass Gasification and Landfill Gas To Energy project development increases and becomes even more commonplace, one of the fundamental questions is: what is the size of the potential biomass resource supply in the U.S.?

In April 2005, the DOE and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) co-published a report assessing the potential of the land resources in the U.S. for producing sustainable biomass: Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply. Looking at forestland and agricultural land, the two largest potential biomass sources, this study estimates that the U.S. can sustainably produce up to 1.3 billion tons of biomass feedstock by mid-century. This would be enough feedstock to produce 60 billion gallons of B100 Biodiesel and E100 Ethanol with today's technologies.

This study doesn't address the opportunities for Biomethane production from biomass feedstock or Biomass Gasification technologies. Some recent estimates indicate that Biomethane could replace up to 50% of present natural gas consumption in the U.S. and in some countries, such as Iceland, Biomethane already provides 100% of the natural gas requirements.

There are many assumptions in the Billion Ton Study report that impact these estimates, but we believe the estimates reasonably reflect the potential availability and impact of biomass resources.

Of the total estimated resource, the study suggests that forestlands in the contiguous United States can produce approximately 368 million dry tons annually. This projection includes 52 million dry tons of fuelwood harvested from forests and woodlands, 145 million dry tons of residues from wood processing mills and pulp and paper mills, 47 million dry tons of urban wood residues including construction and demolition debris, 64 million dry tons of residues from logging and site clearing operations, and 60 million dry tons of biomass from fuel treatment operations.

Biomass to Biofuels

By "converting" biomass wastes – such as municipal solid waste, sewage sludge, crop residues, energy crops, and manure – into biofuels, this will resolve the energy, environmental and political problems in an economical and environmentally sound manner - that will produce over one million new jobs.

According to Jeff Seisler, Director of the European Natural Gas Vehicle Association, "Biomethane has an outstanding potential as a multifaceted solution to multifaceted social problems: urban and agricultural waste management, water purification, and clean air. Urban and agricultural waste can be processed into usable methane, as can the sewage during the water purification process. Cleaning and compressing the gas for use in vehicles then provides cleaner air than petroleum-consuming vehicles."

Continuing, Mr. Seisler states about Biomethane; "this environmental 'closed loop waste-to-energy-to-fuel used in vehicles that again truck the next load of waste to the energy processing plants-substitutes fossil fuels with a renewable resource and reduces greenhouse gases 100% as compared to over gasoline vehicles (on a well-to-wheel basis).

According to Peter Boisen Chairman, of ENGVA, "various well respected European research institutes now estimate more than three times better fuel output per hectare of land used than if going for ethanol or biodiesel. Sweden currently has a 51% Biomethane share, and Switzerland 37%. France, Norway, Germany and Austria use smaller amounts for vehicles. Iceland, completely without natural gas, uses 100% biomethane in its NGVs," Boisen says.  Continuing, Boisen adds, "China, India, Korea, the Ukraine, Spain and Italy are other examples of countries now starting up projects where Biomethane will be used as a vehicle fuel." 

"With the energy efficiency of the gas production process at 50% to 70% it's hard to think of a more socially acceptable and economic energy value for the transportation sector," Boisen says.

"Governments need to get out of their liquid fuel paradigm to refocus and balance their policies and communications to support the development of a Biomethane infrastructure. In Europe Biomethane has the potential to replace 20% of the petroleum consumed in the transport sector by 2030."

Biomethane - Best Renewable Fuel?
Anaerobic Digesters - Best Renewable Energy Technology?

We Help Cities, Counties and Agricultural Communities Reduce Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Carbon Dioxide Emissions By Recovering Valuable Biomethane from Wastewater Treatment Plants and Landfills


BIOMETHANE FACTS

1.  Biomethane is One of the Most Common and Harmful of All 
     Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

2.  Biomethane is 21 Times More Harmful to the Climate than
     Carbon Dioxide Emissions. Stated another way, Biomethane
     Causes Global Warming and Climate Change to Increase
     21 Times Faster than Carbon Dioxide Emissions. 

3.  Biomethane Is A "Renewable Natural Gas."

4.  Biomethane is One of the Easiest and Most Profitable of all
     Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Recover and Control.

California and Sweden Sign Agreement
to Jointly Develop Biomethane
and Other Renewable Fuels

Thursday, 29 June 2006
Sacramento, California USA and Sweden 

In a ceremony held at the Ministry of the Environment in Stockholm, representatives of the Kingdom of Sweden and the State of California signed an agreement pledging the two governments and their related industries to work together to develop bioenergy, with a particular emphasis on Biomethane. 

“Through a strong working relationship between its industry and government, Sweden is showing how bioenergy can be developed in a cost-effective manner that benefits its economy and environment. We are extremely pleased to have signed this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will provide a basis for intensified collaboration between Swedish and California officials to develop a thriving bioenergy industry in California,” said Joe Desmond, Undersecretary for the California Resources Agency.

In particular, Sweden has been a global leader in terms of converting biowaste, largely agricultural material and residues, into usable Biomethane. This gas is then used to either generate electricity, residential heating, or as a transportation fuel.

More than 8,000 vehicles in Sweden are powered by a combination of natural gas and Biomethane. The vehicles include transit buses, refuse trucks, and more than 10 different models of passenger cars. There are more than 25 Biomethane production facilities in Sweden and 65 filling stations. The Swedish Biomethane industry has been growing at an annual rate of about 20 percent over the last five years.

According to the Swedish Gas Association, more than 50 percent of the methane used to power Sweden’s natural gas vehicles now comes from biological sources, up from 45% last year. Natural gas vehicle sales in Sweden are increasing at the rate of 25% per annum. 

Sweden was motivated to develop its Biomethane industry because it has no natural gas reserves, to more efficiently manage its waste, and to meet its obligations under the Kyoto Accord. Since Biomethane is developed from methane sources that would normally release into the atmosphere, it’s considered one of the most climate friendly fuels. Methane (and Biomethane) is 21 times more reactive as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2). Sweden is currently meetings its objectives and schedule as outlined in the Kyoto accord.

Biomethane is developed by heating up and breaking down biomaterials in an (Anaerobic Digester) digester. Among other raw materials, Swedish operators feed their Anaerobic Digesters with slaughterhouse waste, swine manure, and even grassy crops. After the materials breakdown over a 20 day period, technology is then used to remove the impurities and produce Biomethane. Once cleaned-up, Biomethane is 98 percent methane and easily meets the Swedish and California pipeline standards.

The Memorandum of Understanding can be accessed on the California Resources Agency Web site: http://resources.ca.gov/press_documents/CaliforniaSwedenBiofuelsMOU.pdf

We are presently designing and engineering the world's best Anaerobic Digesters.

Anaerobic Digesters recover valuable and toxic Biomethane from organic materials and prevents the Biomethane - which has a Global Warming Potential that is 21 times more harmful to our climate than Carbon Dioxide Emissions - from entering the atmosphere.

Biomethane, which we also refer to as "Renewable Natural Gas" is used as a renewable fuel for our cogeneration and trigeneration power plants. Alternatively, we may sell the Biomethane to a customer and transport it to them from our Anaerobic Digesters via natural gas pipelines.

We believe Anaerobic Digesters and Biomethane represent exciting opportunities for generating renewable natural gas and profits - for multiple reasons:

1.  Anaerobic Digesters take an existing liability and waste (Biomethane) and convert it into an asset and " profit generator."

2.  Anaerobic Digesters mitigate and reverse climate change and global warming by preventing Biomethane to escape into the atmosphere, which is one of the major causes of climate change and global warming.  

Of all Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Biomethane is 21 times more harmful to the environment than Carbon Dioxide Emissions.

3.  Anaerobic Digesters are vital for renewable energy production and helping our country's drive for energy independence.

4.  EVERY wastewater treatment plant as well as ALL Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO's) - IN EVERY COUNTRY - will soon be installing Anaerobic Digesters to prevent Biomethane from entering the atmosphere and help reverse climate change as well as for use as a renewable fuel.

5.  The country of Sweden is the global leader in Biomethane production.  Sweden has identified the Biomethane opportunities and is converting biowaste derived from agricultural material and residues into usable Biomethane. The Biomethane is used to generate clean, renewable electricity, residential heating, and also as a transportation fuel. Biomass sources make up 45% of Sweden’s Biomethane.  Sweden's Biomethane industry has been growing at an annual rate of around 20% over the last five years.  Biomethane powers more than 8,000 transit buses, garbage trucks, and 10 different models of passenger cars in Sweden. Sweden now has more than 25 Biomethane production facilities and 65 filling stations. The country believes that since Biomethane is developed from natural, organic sources that would have been released into the atmosphere, that Biomethane is considered one of the most climate-friendly fuels. Biomethane is 98% methane and easily meets the Swedish and California pipeline standards.

We support the Renewable Energy Institute by donating a portion of our profits to the Renewable Energy Institute in their efforts to reduce fossil fuel use through renewable energy and their goals to end pollution from Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The Renewable Energy Institute is "Changing The Way The World Does Energy by Providing Research & Development, Funding and Resources That Create Pollution Free Power, Carbon Free Energy & Renewable Energy Technologies"

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