Market FACTS

Biogas Energy Partners, a technically proficient and market-tested company, is available for partnership with project sponsors, in what is now a time of favorable opportunity. Consider this brief synopsis of current market conditions:

• United States dairy farms are under increasing pressure to broaden their search for profitability; given the cyclical nature of the dairy business (swings in supply vs. demand), it is common for dairy farms to experience annual losses and an erosion of equity when milk prices are low.
• Dairy farms are increasingly looking to reduce farmstead odor emissions, to maintain good neighbor relations. According to agricultural professionals, anaerobic digestion gives dairy farms a “social license,” assuaging opposition to farm operations by mitigating environmental and odor concerns.
• Fewer than 0.5% of the approximately 70,000 U.S. dairy farms use anaerobic digester (AD) systems. The opportunities for exponential growth in biogas development are vast.
• Federal and state environmental regulations on manure management and air emissions will become more restrictive, not less so.
• Anaerobic digestion is now widely recognized to be an effective pre-treatment process targeted at achieving better water quality when combined with other technologies, which collectively removes ammonia (N) and/or phosphorus (P) from treated manure. Better water quality is a very attractive policy goal for local, state and federal governments.
• An undeniable market shift is under way, spurning traditional methods and embracing broader scale techniques, for the disposal of non-farm organic waste produced by residential households, commercial food processors, distribution centers, and large institutions like hospitals and universities.
• Fossil fuel prices and environmental awareness are driving a significant surge in U.S. demand for responsible renewable energy development.
• Dairy Management Incorporated (DMI) and the USDA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the goal to reduce, by the end of the year 2020, the U.S. dairy industry’s greenhouse gas footprint by 25%.
• The market for green attribute sales channels, including renewable energy certificates and carbon credits, is experiencing a robust expansion and favorable price movement.
• The USDA and other major capital resources are working aggressively to provide more comprehensive financing and grant program alternatives in the next 0-3 yrs.