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The article reports on the development of a multiphase public/private partnership between Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO), Acrion Technologies Inc. and FirmGreen Energy Inc. in the U.S. The said partnership has been aimed to transform the gas produced by the Franklin County landfill into biofuels and other high-value end products for the reduction of methane and carbon dioxide emissions. The energy recovery system is incorporated with several phases which is found to be significant to the operation. The Phase I involves methane compression processes, Phase II involves installation of two carbon dioxide Wash units, and Phase III involves the utilization of pure carbon dioxide from the wash process.

The article reflects on the 6th Annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference in Spokane, Washington. It states that biofuels and other forms of agriculturally-generated have reached the point that sets them on a path to become 21st century energy sources. Tom Dorr, USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development declares that the energy economy is going to shift its way to offer extraordinary opportunity for rural America. It tells that rural economic opportunities in providing energy will regulate the need for new energy resources to cater the increasing oil problem.