Industry-wide biogas capture capacity increased by 7.5% in 2025, reaching 780.7 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year—approximately 1.5 million standard cubic feet per minute (scfm).

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Biogas projects convert manure, wastewater, food waste, and captured landfill gas into renewable natural gas (RNG), renewable electricity, heat, and natural fertilizer. Collectively, these systems provide a reliable source of dispatchable renewable energy available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Today’s nearly 2,600 biogas facilities produce enough energy to power 5.2 million homes for a year. delivering American-made fuel and electricity while managing waste from farms, wastewater, and food processing. These biogas facilities also produce nutrient-rich fertilizer, which is proven to increase organic matter, carbon, and micronutrients in soil for improved crop yields.

Because biogas projects capture methane that would otherwise be emitted to the atmosphere, biogas can have a carbon intensity 50% to 700% lower than fossil fuels, delivering significant climate benefits while simultaneously meeting domestic energy needs and managing waste from farms, cities, and industries.

“Biogas continues to prove its value as a practical, scalable solution for America’s energy and waste challenges,” said ABC Executive Director Patrick Serfass. “In an era of rising energy demand, increasing interest in domestic manufacturing and the drive for energy dominance, biogas delivers the reliable, around-the-clock energy source America needs while reducing transportation pollution, improving our soil and food supply, and turning waste into valuable products.”

Landfill gas remains the workhorse of U.S. biogas capture

Landfill gas (LFG) projects, which capture the biogas produced as organic material decomposes in landfills, continue to represent the majority of U.S. biogas captured. Despite comprising fewer facilities than farm-based and wastewater systems, LFG facilities account for 72% of all biogas captured nationwide. In 2025, the industry added 20 new landfill gas capture projects, bringing the total number of LFG facilities to 599, and representing $912 million in investment, or 43% of total capital that biogas developers invested in 2025 projects. LFG production capacity increased by 8% to 559 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year.

While many newer landfill projects are designed to upgrade biogas to RNG, electricity generation remains the dominant end use across the sector and the biogas industry as a whole.

Agriculture leads new construction while farm output continues to grow

Agriculture once again led the industry in new methane capture in 2025. Forty new farm-based biogas projects came online, the culmination of $835 million in investment in rural and exurban communities. The amount of methane-rich gas captured overall on farms increased by 11% to 99 Bcf per year.

Farm biogas systems continue to play a significant role in managing manure more sustainably while producing renewable energy and natural fertilizer. As in recent years, most of 2025’s new agricultural projects were built to convert their captured biogas to RNG, reflecting ongoing demand to reduce carbon emissions in transportation fuels.

State-level growth

Biogas projects operate in every U.S. state, reflecting that organic waste is produced and poses a challenge wherever there are people or animals. Seven states each attracted more than $100 million in capital investment from biogas projects that came online in 2025: Texas, California, Illinois, Idaho, Washington, Wisconsin, and Florida. These states led the nation in new project spending strengthening local economies, supporting job creation, and advancing recycling and waste management infrastructure.

Most U.S. waste remains an untapped domestic energysource that would create good jobs, and healthier food

Each year the U.S. produces more than 120 million dry tons of farm animal manure, 12 million dry tons of wastewater biosolids, and sends more than 24 million dry tons of inedible food waste to landfills.  In addition, more than 470 landfills currently flare gas that could be captured and used.

The biogas industry represents a powerful opportunity to transform waste into economic growth—capturing methane, producing home-grown energy and fertilizer, and delivering clean, reliable power for American communities around the clock.