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Revision as of 11:56, 25 June 2018

General

Name of initiative AgSTAR
LPAA initiative No
NAZCA Initiative No
Website address https://www.epa.gov/agstar
Related initiatives
Starting year 1994
End year
Secretariat EPA, US DoE, US DoAg
Organisational structure
Geographical coverage North America, Global
Name of lead organisation EPA
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

Commitment:In June 2015, in partnership with the dairy industry, the USDA, EPA and DOE will jointly release a “Biogas Roadmap” outlining voluntary strategies to accelerate adoption of methane digesters and other cost-effective technologies to reduce U.S. dairy sector greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020. Achieved emission reductions to date: The initiative claims (http://www.epa.gov/agstar/about-us/accomplish.html) that anaerobic digestion systems have accomplished the avoidance of 2,5 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2013. It does not say how much of this depends on AgSTAR activities. The larger part of the emission avoidance is due to capture of methane that would otherwise have leaked into the atmosphere. The rest is due to use of renewable energy instead of fossil fuels

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

AgSTAR collaborates with the Global Methane Initiative (GMI) to promote biogas recovery technologies outside the United States. The GMI’s Agriculture Subcommittee facilitates biogas recovery system development in the agricultural sector in countries around the world.

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 29  
Companies 0
Business organisations 0
Research and educational organisations 0
Non-governmental organisations 0
National states 0
Governmental actors 3 US Environmental Protection Agency,  US Department of Energy,  and US Department of Agriculture.

There are (on 4 October 2015) 30 partners to AgSTAR,  several of these are universities. Internationally,  AgSTAR is part of the Global Methane Initiative.

Regional / state / county actors 26 1. American Carbon Registry

2. Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives 3. California Department of Food and Agriculture 4. Cornell University 5. Energy Trust of Oregon 6. Great Plains Institute 7. Illinois Green Economy Network 8. Iowa State University 9. Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence 10. Michigan State University 11. Minnesota Department of Agriculture 12. Nebraska Methane Workgroup 13,  New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Wastewater Engineering Bureau 14. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority 15. Oregon Department of Energy 16. Oregon State University,  Animal Sciences Department 17. Purdue University 18. Seventhwave 19. State of Wisconsin 20. Sustainable America 21. Sustainable Conservation 22. The Climate Trust 23. University of Maryland 24. University of Vermont 25. University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Environmental Research & Innovation Center 26. Vermont Agency of Agriculture,  Food and Markets 27. Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation 28. Vermont Technical College 29. Washington Department of Commerce 30. Washington State University

City / municipal actors 0
Intergovernmental organisations 0
Financial Institutions 0
Faith based organisations 0
Other members 0
Supporting partners 3 Collaboration between US EPA,  the U.S. Department of Agriculture,  and the U.S. Department of Energy.
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

Not only have national states as participators