据油气新闻6月22日消息称，想想象一下，如果你想要一种不受时间和天气限制的可再生能源。一种可再生能源，其表面的潜力刚刚被挖掘出来。也也许在当今的政治环境中，最重要的是，可再生能源的来源不依赖于敌对国家主导的供应链作为其原料来源，而是依赖于美国的家庭农场。
这正是先锋可再生能源公司及其新任首席执行官Joel Gay从事的业务。该公司专注于将粪便和食物垃圾转化为可再生天然气(RNG)。RNG生产后剩下的部分会被转化为有机肥料，将产生的粪便和食物垃圾中的营养物质返回土壤进行再次循环利用，并将成吨的废物转移到垃圾填埋场或焚化炉。
RNG是第一个碳负能量来源，因为它是由有机物产生的，否则会被释放为强大的温室气体。因此，先锋公司正在帮助星巴克和联合利华等公司实现“到2050年实现净零排放”的承诺。这一承诺在主要能源和消费品公司中已成为一种时尚。
对每个人来说，好消息是这个行业在很大程度上具有可扩展性。先锋公司由两位企业家于2014年创立的，已经在美国50个州中的17个州有农场在开发中，并且正在着手一项大规模扩张的计划。为了管理公司的扩张，公司刚刚宣布招聘新的首席执行官Joel Gay。
先锋公司已经是全国厌氧消化生产 RNG 的最大企业之一，将在这一增长中发挥主导作用。Gay表示：“就增长潜力而言，它是相对无限的。”
他说:“业务分为有机和农业两大类。在有机方面，我们结合了粪便和有机可回收材料——这是不合格的食品，变质的食品，有机液体或有机固体。我们将所有这些混合成均匀的浆液，然后送入我们的厌氧消化池。因此，在有机方面，我们最终得到大概是两种肥料和八种有机材料的结合。”
Gay 说，目前的商业模式是针对大型城市中心，这些中心有各种有机材料的来源——餐馆、杂货店等——可以聚集成足够大的数量，以创造规模经济。
朱佳妮 摘译自 油气新闻
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