Revision as of 12:16, 10 January 2017

General

Name of initiative	AgSTAR
LPAA initiative	No
NAZCA Initiative	No
Website address	http://www.epa.gov/agstar/index.html
Related initiatives
Starting year	1994
End year
Secretariat	EPA, US DoE, US DoAg
Organisational structure
Geographical coverage	Global, North America
Name of lead organisation
Type of lead organisation	National government
Location/Nationality of lead organisation	United States of America

Description

Description	AgSTAR is an outreach program designed to reduce methane emissions from livestock waste management operations by promoting the use of biogas recovery systems. Biogas recovery systems are anaerobic digesters that capture and combust biogas to produce electricity, heat or hot water. AgSTAR provides information and tools to assist producers in the evaluation and implementation of these systems. AgSTAR is a collaborative effort of EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Collaborates with the Global Methane Initiative (GMI) - a partnership that aims to reduce global methane emissions and advance the abatement, recovery and use of methane as a valuable clean energy source.
Objectives	Read more: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/cop21--african-renewable-energy-initiative-launched--300-gw-2030-target_100022277/#ixzz3tk49B6qP
Activities	AgSTAR provides outreach materials and project development tools, funding resources, events, information on operating digesters, pre-feasibility analyses, newsletters and listservs, and access to experts. AgSTAR also maintains a database of anaerobic digesters operating at commercial livestock farms in the US http://www.epa.gov/outreach/agstar/projects/index.html
One or two success stories achieved

Monitoring and Impacts

Function of initiative	Implementation, Technical dialogue
Activity of initiative	Technical operational implementation (ex-post), Knowledge dissemination and exchange
Indicators
Goals
Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals
How are you tracking progress of your initiative
Available reporting

Participants

Participants

Number

Names

Members

0

Companies

0

Business organisations

0

Research and educational organisations

0

Non-governmental organisations

0

National states

0

Governmental actors

0

Regional / state / county actors

0

City / municipal actors

0

Intergovernmental organisations

0

Financial Institutions

0

Faith based organisations

0

Other members

0

Supporting partners

0

Number of members in the years

2015

30

Have only national states as participators

No

Theme

Transport	Agriculture	Forestry	Business	Financial institutions	Buildings	Industry	Waste	Cities and subnational governments	Short Term Pollutants	International maritime transport	Energy Supply	Fluorinated gases	Energy efficiency	Renewable energy	Supply chain emission reductions	Adaptation	Other	Resilience	Innovation	Energy Access and Efficiency	Private Finance
No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Last update: 7 March 2022 15:29:28

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