Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre & BC Bioenergy Network Announce Challenge for Technologies to Convert By-products of RNG Production Into Commercially Viable Products
Via Canadian Biomass Magazine.
Dec. 19, 2017 - Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre and BC Bioenergy Network (BCBN) today announced an ARCTIC Innovation Challenge to find technologies that will convert the by-products associated with producing renewable natural gas (RNG) into commercially viable products, such as organic fertilizer.
When organic waste – such as animal manure, wood waste, and municipal solid wastes – decomposes, biogas is produced which contains RNG. RNG can be a carbon neutral source of energy or even carbon negative in some cases, and can replace conventional natural gas for use in homes, businesses, and vehicles. Technologies that produce RNG from organic waste have been around for decades; however, the adoption rate by B.C. farmers has been slow due to a variety of factors, including high capital and operating costs and a return on investment that is dependent on government policy.