Located near Bakersfield, Calif., the facility aims to remove carbon from the air by diverting wood waste from open-air burn and landfills and converting it into carbon-negative hydrogen for transportation.
California Bioenergy has just completed the first ever project to convert dairy manure to zero emission electric vehicle charging using Bloom Energy fuel cells.
San Joaquin Renewables has just secured funding for its cutting edge project to gasify orchard prunings and nut shells and produce biomethane for vehicle fuel.
BAC member Mainspring Energy has just announced the first use of a linear generator - noncombustion power generation using renewable biogas - to power a microgrid in Napa Valley.
BAC member The Sierrra Institute published an important piece in the Sacramento Bee on the need for biomass utilization to help reduce wildfire risks and impacts of open burning.
BAC member Raven SR has just announced a partnership with Republic Services to produce renewable hydrogen from organic waste diverted from a landfill in Contra Costa County.
Biomass Magazine features Phoenix Energy's North Fork project - and the need for many more forest BioMAT projects - to address California's wildfire crisis.
Cummins Westport has just announced that California's natural gas truck fleet is now providing carbon negative emissions - removing more carbon from the air than the trucks generate - a huge contribution to California's fight against climate change!
Raven SR has announced a joint venture to build 100 new hydrogen fueling hubs, starting in California, that will convert organic waste to low carbon and carbon negative hydrogen fuel for heavy duty vehicles.
Princeton University has released a study led by top climate scientists in the US that shows that bioenergy and renewable hydrogen are critical to achieve carbon neutrality in the US.
SoCalGas has announced a goal of zero net carbon emissions, from its operations and energy deliveries, by 2045, which is the same as the state of California's goal for reaching carbon neutrality.
See local news coverage of the Hitachi Zosen Inova project in San Luis Obispo County, one of the first food waste to electricity projects in operation in California.
The Bakersfield Californian profiled San Joaquin Renewables' agricultural waste to energy project in Kern County, highlighting its benefits for air quality, climate change, and local job creation.