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Advocates, staff, and organizers highlighting how circular organics benefit neighborhoods and ecosystems.
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Hudson Valley, NY
From scraps to systems.
Hudson Valley Biogas (HVB) turns regional organic waste and ecological maintenance into local energy, soil value, and community benefits by coordinating partners to ship grant-ready pilots that can scale.
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We lead with outcomes and constraints (not equipment marketing): siting, permitting, feedstock contracts, community trust, and the funding path to build.
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Explore audience pathways
Start with your audience
Start with your audience
Pick the archetype that best reflects your work so you can follow a curated guide, trust the handoffs, and stay focused on outcomes.
Municipalities
Town and county teams building pilots, permitting plans, and procurement timelines.
Follow the municipal pathBusinesses
Manufacturers, generators, haulers, and operators keeping feedstocks, logistics, and reuse moving.
Open the business pathFunders
Philanthropy, CDFIs, and investors looking for proof points, pipeline metrics, and field-ready funding asks.
Review the funder pathPress
Reporters and storytellers needing crisp context, visuals, and access to the HVB narrative.
Visit the press roomHow partners plug in
Partner roles that keep every audience path on track.
After you pick the audience you identify with, these partner lanes deliver the craft, metrics, and coordination that keep momentum steady.
Convene & Coordinate
Municipalities, coalitions, and agencies who steward outreach, permitting, and funding pathways for new organics systems.
HVB supplies the coalition OS: weekly cadence, decision-ready deliverables, and the grant-ready package so you can convene without second-guessing.
Pilot a Site
Facilities, WWTPs, transfer stations, and landfills that need a concrete concept to test circular organics infrastructure.
HVB delivers the site narrative, technical framing, and community story so the pilot leaves your desk ready for funding.
Fund & Supply
Funders, developers, and suppliers who keep feedstocks, equipment, and capital flowing into new circular programs.
HVB curates the proof points, pipeline metrics, and resource-ready materials that make every ask feel institutional.
Proof of work
Systems scoped, tested, and ready to share.
Each system includes a community narrative, operational learnings, and a grant-ready artifacts bundle to speed decision-making.
Monticello Transfer Station
‘Gateway’ transfer concept with waste, compost, and resource-recovery neighbors.
Taylor-Montgomery
Large feedstock clusters paired with WWTPs for community-scale gas-to-grid pilots.
Beacon Recycling & Transfer
Transfer and recycling campus adjacent to riverine logistics, ready for anaerobic upgrades.
Ulster County Resource Recovery Association
Regional partnership with compost, landfill, and waterside landscape insights.
Impact, from the Hudson Valley outward
A concise line from local diversion to global climate alignment.
Local
- Organics diversion pilots keep feedstocks out of landfills and flow them into soil, fuel, and energy.
- Waterway/ecosystem restoration plus new green jobs ensure communities feel the benefit.
Regional & State
- Aligns with NY’s CLCPA targets through measurable methane avoidance.
- Prioritizes EJ neighborhoods while modernizing infrastructure without displacement.
Global
- Methane reduction + circular economy proof points that reassure national and funder audiences.
- Methods & transparency built into every system narrative and pilot package.
What we do
Circular organics infrastructure you can fund, permit, and replicate.
HVB coordinates a minimum viable coalition so municipalities, advocates, and developers can move faster—with less risk and more trust.
Grant-Ready Circular Project Package
A fixed-scope sprint that produces a fundable pilot concept: site + feedstock fit, concept narrative, coalition plan, letters pipeline, and community-facing FAQ.
8–10 weeks
Templates + playbooks
Submission-ready
Partner lanes (clear roles, less chaos)
Conveners, municipal sponsors, developers/engineers, feedstock anchors, and grant leads each have a defined job to keep momentum.
Coalition OS
Weekly cadence
Named owners
Proof over hype
We publish artifacts: pilot one-pagers, benefits maps, FAQs, and a pipeline dashboard—so trust can compound and replication becomes realistic.
Measurable
Transparent
Community-facing
Drivers for change
Why this exists
Hudson Valley Biogas responds to policy pressure, climate targets, justice expectations, and the ecological work that keeps these landscapes healthy.
Food waste diversion
New state rules ask municipalities and businesses to reroute edible organics from landfills; HVB makes it practical to meet the requirement with circular pilots.
Read the food waste law
Climate mandates (CLCPA)
The CLCPA sets aggressive emissions and energy goals; HVB designs infrastructure that turns organic wastes into renewable fuel and local power.
View the CLCPA pathways
Environmental justice as a design constraint
EJ concerns now guide siting and piloting; HVB builds transparency, engagement, and accountability into every proposal.
Explore the EJ policy
Ecological maintenance & invasive biomass loops
Managing invasive biomass and maintenance waste is costly; HVB turns those streams into pilot-worthy energy and soil value.
See invasive biomass pilots
Why the Hudson Valley is a beachhead
Regional systems, policy momentum, and visible organics flows make this the place to pilot circular organics.
We’re assembling partners inside active policy frames and heavy organic residuals so pilots launch with credibility.
- Established organics streams—from municipalities to food hubs—are already being mapped, so we skip the discovery gap.
- WWTPs and biosolids programs already need storage/stabilization partners, giving pilots built-in feedstock and needing tangible solutions.
- State/regional policy is funding circular organics and anaerobic digestion, creating tailwinds for pilots anchored in the Hudson Valley.
Spatial clarity
Past assessment layers show where organics volumes exist, where treatment sites are clustered, and where transport corridors already converge—so partnerships can start with confidence.
How it works
A simple five-move roadmap (built for partnership power).
HVB is designed to run without founder burnout: partners execute, HVB orchestrates, and every cycle produces reusable assets.
1
Choose the beachhead
Pick one pilot geography and buyer profile for the next cycle. Publish the “why here, why now.”
2
Productize the work
Run the Grant-Ready Project Package sprint with templates, roles, and a tight timeline.
3
Build the coalition OS
Recruit the minimum viable coalition: convener, municipal sponsor, developer/engineer, feedstock anchor, grant lead.
4
Ship proof
Publish pilot artifacts (one-pager + FAQ + benefits map) and keep a visible pipeline to earn trust.
5
Scale via replication
Turn wins and lessons into a playbook and scorecard to select the next site quickly and honestly.
Systems library
Ten site archetypes (so nobody has to start from zero).
Our circular-systems diagrams turn “big ideas” into grounded site concepts you can discuss with real stakeholders.
Research backbone
The proof is in the documents.
Two foundation publications + a pilot grant case study. Use these as reusable modules when building the next proposal.
Feedstocks assessment
Regional resource potential and system context for organics-to-value solutions.
Circular biogas systems
Ten siting concepts + coverage strategy for the Hudson Valley.
Wappingers Falls GIGP (2021)
A coalition-built pilot attempt: valuable as a template, even though it wasn't awarded.
Partnership power
This initiative runs on partnerships.
We recruit by lane, not by vibes. If you can convene, sponsor, build, supply, or fund—there’s a role for you.
Join as a partner
Pick your lane and get the Partner Kit + pledge. We’ll route you into the right working group.
Invite HVB to speak
Conferences, town briefings, circular economy nights, and workshops. We bring systems clarity + pragmatic next steps.
Get the whitepapers
Get starter kit access (whitepapers, pilot templates, and updates) without a full mailing list.
Methods & transparency
We publish assumptions, sources, and system boundaries. Claims are tied to primary references.