Bringing Energy Back Home With Biogas

For years there have been two default choices for clean-water plants that produce and use digester methane: Burn it in boilers, or feed it to engines for electricity production (or combined heat and power).Now, options for use of biogas are expanding to include production of vehicle fuel or pipeline-quality gas suitable for use in homes and business. These new options are developing slowly yet steadily, and in some cases, may prove more beneficial to utilities than the traditional choices.Consider that for combined heat and power, the utility takes charge of scrubbing impurities from the raw biogas and for operating the