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In the United States, there are numerous companies that have formed in the last decade as biogas technologies
have manifested. For example, Harvest Power operates an anaerobic digester in Orlando, Florida, in which food
waste sourced primarily from the Walt Disney World Resort is used to produce enough electricity to meet the
needs of 16,000 homes. 2G Energy Inc. is another U.S.-based company, which utilizes biogas for CHP plants.
The company has over 40 biogas plants across North America ranging in capacity from less than 100 kW to
over 2.8 MW. The Florida-based company utilizes LFG and sewage sludge from wastewater treatments as the
primary sources of organic material for its CHP plants. Bluesphere, based in North Carolina, is currently building
a 5.2 MW biogas plant in Charlotte, which is scheduled to be completed in 2016. The company is also building
a biogas plant in Rhode Island, as well as multiple plants in Italy.
Driven by strong waste management and renewables integration policies, Europe is expected to hold its
position as the leading region worldwide for the next decade, with Germany as the epicenter of global biogas
production.
U.S. U.S. Biogas
$16 M
$19 M
$18 M
The European biogas market is currently led by on-farm
digesters, with Germany accounting for 52% of total biogas
production capacity, most of which is used for electricity
production. In 2014, the country had 3,840 MW of installed
capacity, the most biogas electricity generation capacity in
the world.
$12 M $12 M
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Figure 4.2 (Source: Navigant Research)
*Revenue shown only for product categories with revenue data for all years 2011 - 2015
In the United States, policies to enforce the composting and
recycling of organic material are beginning to gain traction,
which could spur more biogas development. Massachusetts
is the first state to enact a food-waste disposal ban, which
requires any entity that disposes of more than one ton of
organic material per week to donate or re-purpose the
material instead of sending it to a landfill. The material is
to be used for a variety of applications including sending it
to anaerobic digestion facilities to convert it to renewable
natural gas. Should other states follow suit, biogas could be
in a position to gain a substantial foothold in the renewable
energy market.
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