Biogas

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003176",
  "term": "Biogas",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A type of biofuel that contains methane from landfills, animal waste, sewage, or other decomposing waste materials. Biogas can be burned to produce heat or electricity.\n\n2. Combination of CO2, CH4, and other gases produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen.\n\n3. Mixture of hydrocarbons that is a gas at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 1 atmosphere of pressure that is produced through the conversion of organic matter. Only biogas that is used as renewable fuel can generate RINs. Biogas includes propane, landfill gas, manure digester gas, and sewage waste treatment gas.\n\n4. Mixture of biomethane, inert gases, and impurities that meets all the following requirements: (1) It is produced through the anaerobic digestion of renewable biomass under an approved pathway. (2) Non-renewable components have not been added. (3) It requires removal of additional components to be suitable for its designated use ( e.g., as a biointermediate, to produce RNG, or to produce biogas-derived renewable fuel).\n\n5. Gas resulting from the decomposition of organic matter under anaerobic conditions. The principal constituents are methane and carbon dioxide.",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "Student's Guide to Global Climate Change",
    "40 CFR 98.358 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 80.1401 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 80.2 (CFR 2024)",
    "AgSTAR Handbook Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/biogas/"
}