biogas
noun
bio·gas ˈbī-ō-ˌgas 
: a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by the bacterial decomposition of organic wastes and used as a fuel
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The plan also includes support for industries to replace gas with hydrogen, biogas, and biomethane to further reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels. 
WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022 All this material means that Los Angeles will have to build additional processing facilities to make compost or use alternative technologies, like anaerobic digestion, to create biogas. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 The company recently installed an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station in Mumbai that runs on biogas produced from waste. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2022 The city of Phoenix, Ariz. is taking raw biogas produced at its wastewater treatment plant and cleaning it before it is compressed and injected in natural gas pipelines — as opposed to sending it into the atmosphere. Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 16 June 2021 The number of technologies targeted for tax breaks is dizzying: fuel cells, geothermal, energy storage, biogas, microgrids, thermal energy storage, hydrogen production, tint-changing windows, roof insulation, and more are all singled out. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022 The next few years will see the distillery no longer relying on natural gas for power, instead using green hydrogen (created using electrolysis with no carbon dioxide emitted) and biogas as fuel sources. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 June 2022 All energy needs for homes, shops and office buildings in the area are met with renewable sources, with food waste converted to biogas to run local buses. Jack Bantock, CNN, 10 June 2022 Hundreds of Meriden residents are separating their food scraps from other trash so the organic waste can be turned into biogas and fertilizer. Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2022 See More
WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022 All this material means that Los Angeles will have to build additional processing facilities to make compost or use alternative technologies, like anaerobic digestion, to create biogas. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 The company recently installed an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station in Mumbai that runs on biogas produced from waste. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2022 The city of Phoenix, Ariz. is taking raw biogas produced at its wastewater treatment plant and cleaning it before it is compressed and injected in natural gas pipelines — as opposed to sending it into the atmosphere. Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 16 June 2021 The number of technologies targeted for tax breaks is dizzying: fuel cells, geothermal, energy storage, biogas, microgrids, thermal energy storage, hydrogen production, tint-changing windows, roof insulation, and more are all singled out. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022 The next few years will see the distillery no longer relying on natural gas for power, instead using green hydrogen (created using electrolysis with no carbon dioxide emitted) and biogas as fuel sources. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 June 2022 All energy needs for homes, shops and office buildings in the area are met with renewable sources, with food waste converted to biogas to run local buses. Jack Bantock, CNN, 10 June 2022 Hundreds of Meriden residents are separating their food scraps from other trash so the organic waste can be turned into biogas and fertilizer. Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1971, in the meaning defined above