Biogas and anaerobic digestion made number one in HowStuffWorks' list of wacky alternative energy, and poop-to-energy biogas projects have proven popular on Discovery News too. From biogas in Haitian ...

Researchers have developed an anaerobic digester system that recycles food waste to produce electrical energy and heat. This digester system is self-sustaining, with the generated electricity and heat ...

An advanced technology that could benefit farmers' bottom line and help meet the rising demand for domestic energy production borrows a key ingredient from a centuries-old practice of burning dried ...

Anaerobic digestion is the process by which microorganisms break down organic (carbon-based) materials in the absence of oxygen. In this instance, “organic” means coming from or made of plants or ...

The Fancypants Baking Company in Walpole is like a Willy Wonka cookie factory; at every turn there are giant bowls of dough and tall racks of snowflake cookies and gingerbread men. Justin Housman, who ...

A cow chews its cud as it munches on grass at the Neal and Karen Klaphake farm near Melrose, Minn. A Danish company’s plans to turn cow manure into renewable energy in Minnesota and Wisconsin’s dairy ...

A Danish company’s plans to turn cow manure into renewable energy in Minnesota and Wisconsin’s dairy country have tanked, at least for now. Nature Energy planned to build several large-scale anaerobic ...