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Intro -- METHANE DIGESTERS AND BIOGAS RECOVERY -- METHANE DIGESTERS AND BIOGAS RECOVERY -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: CARBON PRICES AND THE ADOPTION OF METHANE DIGESTERS ON DAIRY AND HOG FARMS -- METHANE DIGESTERS AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS -- Carbon Offset Markets -- FACTORS INFLUENCING METHANE DIGESTER ADOPTION -- Manure Management Method and Farm Size -- Modeling Methane Digester Profits -- Electricity Prices, Onfarm Electricity Use, and Sales of Excess Electricity -- Carbon Offset Price -- CONCLUSIONS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND THE ADOPTION OF METHANE DIGESTERS ON LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SUMMARY -- What Is the Issue? -- What Are the Major Findings? -- How Was the Study Conducted? -- INTRODUCTION -- DAIRY, HOG OPERATIONS PRODUCE MOST MANURE METHANE -- CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES COULD SPUR DIGESTER ADOPTION -- BOOSTING BENEFITS OVER COSTS WOULD ENCOURAGE METHANE DIGESTER ADOPTION -- Electricity-Prices, Onfarm Use, and Sales of Surplus-Is a Key to Digester Profitability -- Carbon Price Could Play Major Role in Digester Adoption Decision -- Existing Types of Manure Storage and Handling Favor Southern Farms for Offset-Program Qualification -- Digesters' Other Benefits Include Odor Reduction, Less Surface-Water Contamination -- SCALE OF LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS AFFECTS BENEFITS FROM CARBON OFFSETS -- Digester Adoption Spreads to More States as Carbon Price Rises -- Options for Promoting Adoption of Biogas Technologies by Smaller Scale Operations -- MORE CARBON OFFSETS ARE SUPPLIED AT HIGHER PRICE -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- The Net Present Value of a Methane Digester Project -- ARMS Data Description -- REFERENCES -- End Notes -- Chapter 3: UNITED STATES ANAEROBIC DIGESTER: STATUS REPORT -- INTRODUCTION -- Energy Potential