Partnership & Opportunities
America’s Growth Potential Is Ready Now
The U.S. has an enormous potential for renewable natural gas, waiting in a field near you!
Major Underutilized Feedstocks throughout the U.S.
Agricultural waste like corn stover and wheat straw hold the largest possibilities
Over 11 Million beef cattle produce feedstock daily that goes underutilized
Poultry bedding/manure is commonly used for fertilizer, but is leaving a lot of gas underutilized
The U.S. Potential
The following charts show the potential for feedstocks that can be utilized in our advanced digester plant system. This shows the potential gas production in “Billions of Cubic Feet” (BCF) and Mega-Watt electric (MWe).
This information is based on U.S. Agricultural census taken at both the state and federal level and represents an approximation of the total capable feedstocks based on agricultural production values in the last 5 years.
Agricultural Lignocellulosic Waste
Totals:
4339 BCF [*~867 BCF]
71,587 Mwe [*~14,317 MWe]
Beef Manure
Totals:
98 BCF
1617 Mwe
Poultry Litter
Totals:
21.4 BCF
352.8 Mwe
The United States produces over 400 million tons of agricultural residues annually, with corn stover making up the majority (~75%), followed by wheat straw, rice straw, sugarcane bagasse, and other crop byproducts. These residues are largely underutilized, with large quantities left in fields.
The largest concentrations of recoverable residues are found in the Corn Belt (Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska), the Great Plains (Kansas, North Dakota), the Mississippi Delta (Arkansas, Louisiana), and California’s Central Valley. These regions each generate tens of millions of tons of biomass annually, offering significant potential for bioenergy and bioproduct feedstock development.
*20% of the Agricultural Waste is readily available for RNG use. A doubling of that volume would easily develop as BioTech develops this new offtake market pathway. Some waste is already being used for other markets like bedding, litter, etc.
