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This anaerobic digester project utilizes manure from several farms to produce biogas

Explore tax approaches and property value impacts of large-scale solar to support informed decisions in your community.

The Energy Team is dedicated to empowering agricultural producers, businesses, and communities to make informed decisions about energy production and use.

Explore how AI is revolutionizing calf care—detect illness early, reduce antibiotics, and improve welfare, productivity, and sustainability in modern dairy systems.

Deep underground in Pennsylvania, there's a considerable amount of heat, thousands of times more energy than the state uses yearly.

Explore how blockchain can boost efficiency and innovation in agriculture, from real-world applications to research insights and on-farm experiences.

Explore practical, profitable energy solutions with expert insights on solar, biogas, and funding to boost your operation's productivity and sustainability.

This article shares more about the Penn State Digester, including motivations for its installation and the process used to create renewable energy.

This article is about biogas policies, permitting requirements, and advocacy strategies. It covers regulatory frameworks, incentives, and compliance hurdles, creating awareness of Anaerobic Digesters (AD), its benefits, and challenges.

Explore how geospatial tools and broadband access are reshaping precision agriculture, closing the digital divide, and connecting rural communities through data-driven innovation.

With current energy costs, it is natural to consider alternative energy sources with solar panels.

Explore how AI is reshaping agriculture’s energy use while driving innovation, increasing efficiency, and presenting new challenges for sustainability and infrastructure.

Heat pumps offer an energy-efficient alternative to furnaces and air conditioners for all climates.

Explore orchard automation with Penn State Extension experts. Learn how AI, robotics, and sensing technologies enhance sustainability, reduce labor needs, and improve efficiency.

Compare nuclear, solar, natural gas, and wind energy with Penn State Extension experts, exploring their strengths, limitations, and role in Pennsylvania’s energy future.

Discover how media shapes anaerobic digestion's promise and challenges. This workshop explores digester potential, environmental impact, and public sentiment for farmers, developers, and policymakers.

Several strategies can be used to improve the expected returns from an on-farm digester.

Our primary goal with this guide is to explain the emerging grid-scale solar energy development trends occurring in the Commonwealth and what might be expected in the next few years.

Explore trends in large-scale solar development in Pennsylvania, including siting, zoning, legislation, and concerns for landowners and local governments, in this free, one-hour webinar.

Explore collaboration in the digester value chain with C-CHANGE. Learn how stakeholders can drive progress and uncover new opportunities.

A summary of the Assessment Law Committee's approach to valuation, informed by their interpretation of current statutes and case law.

Always be aware of potential hazards and ensure that you are working safely around your farm's digester.

What is an SREC, anyway, and can I get rich on them?

This guide is intended to inform landowners on terminology, background information, and considerations to make when approached to lease their land for utility-scale solar.

Every energy source has both positive and negative impacts.