Critical Incentives for US Biogas Industry Have ‘A Big Target on Their Backs,’ Insiders Say

DENVER—President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office were a rollicking rollercoaster of reversals and repeals of Biden administration renewable energy policies, but it’s the next 100 days or so that have the $6.5 billion U.S. biogas industry on edge. With the Republican-controlled Congress looking to slash as much as $2 trillion from the federal budget in a heated reconciliation process likely to last into summer, tax credits and federal grants “have a big target on their back,” according to Jonathan Hirte of DTE (Detroit Edison) Energy. The company’s director of federal affairs said Washington’s backing for renewables, especially during the Biden administration, spurred investment in non-carbon energies such as wind, solar, and biogas....