CALSTART's Steve Sokolsky presented recent details about the April 2010 Biomethane Tour in which various sources of biomethane were examined.

John Fiscalini describes how cow manure is digested into biogas and then upgraded to biomethane for electricity generation at his Modesto, CA dairy. CALSTART participated in a biomethane tour on 4/28/10 as part of its project to demonstrate the use of biomethane in transportation.

CALSTART, Partners Announce First Cow-Powered Trucks Hit the Road

The nation's first biomethane from cow manure-powered trucks hit the road from Central Valley Hilarides Dairy, in February 2009, according to Steve Sokolsky, CALSTART's project manager. Manure from 10,000 cows is digested and upgraded from bio-gas to biomethane on-site and will power two tractor trailers for use at the dairy. Read more...