This Article demonstrates that it is possible for lawsuits to ignite a market for an innovative energy technology that otherwise would be too costly to implement. For example,
early adopters of a technology might be able to create conditions that make that technology feasible because they are motivated to settle a nuisance lawsuit.  Focusing on  anaerobic digestion (AD)--a technology that converts biomass into methane that can be captured and used as biogas, or that can be converted into electricity through a generator---the Article presents the author’s original research illustrating that mitigating imminent nuisance lawsuits potentially can make AD technology economically feasible in the western part of the United States.