Rising Demand Is Giving Biogas A Big Lift
Those Bloom Energy fuel cells that eBay said it will use to power its new data center in Utah? They’ll run on natural gas. Likewise most Bloom Boxes going in these days. But they can run on biogas -- and eBay, like many of the companies turning to fuel cells these days, is paying a premium for its natural gas in order to enable biogas production. This is part of the story of the rise in demand for biogas, a trend highlighted by Pike Research in a new report. The market analysts said biogas, while still “a relatively minor player within the overall bioenergy sector,” reached $17.3 billion in revenue in 2011 and is on course to nearly double that figure by 2022.
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