Not exact matches
According to the Toledo Blade the bill «would eliminate the mandate that half the renewable
power come from Ohio sources, a move some argue would undercut decisions made to locate wind and solar farms and waste
digesters in the state.»
In addition, 34 percent of Grande Cheese's milk supply is produced with renewable
power such as from methane
digesters.
Finally, the attendees talked about the
power of and need for partnerships to solve the many reasons for food waste, including sharing stories of existing efforts like the three companies in the Midwest who are splitting the cost and use of an anaerobic
digester, which turns food scraps into energy, and several food donation groups who highlighted the effectiveness of successful partnerships.
Operating since 2004, the methane
digester provides enough renewable energy to
power the entire dairy farm, charge Albert Straus» electric car and other farm vehicles.
Edel and student collaborators at the Illinois Institute of Technology are also building a custom - designed
digester that will turn the project's leftover vegetable and fish waste into fertilizer and biogas to
power a heating, cooling, and 280 - kilowatt electrical system.
In the absence of oxygen inside a
digester, bacteria break down the compounds in sewage to create gaseous methane, which can be used to
power gas stoves or converted to electricity.
Other companies, like FuelCell Energy in Danbury, Conn., are capturing the gas from anaerobic
digesters to be used in combined heat and
power plants.
The Bio-Clean biological
digester and cleaner reduces the need for cleaning
power filters, gravel and interior aquarium surfaces.
Project type: Farm
Power What they do: An anaerobic
digester turns manure into fuel for electricity or heat, as well as cow bedding for use on the farm and in the community.
The
digester expected to be operational at the Burrows Hall Farm by early this summer is the first in South Carolina, although Santee Cooper is already capturing methane from landfills to generate
power.
Environmental Fabrics is building the methane
digester that officials say will produce enough electricity to
power 90 South Carolina homes.
Tropical
Power Energy Group (Tropical
Power) is today opening Africa's first grid - connect Anaerobic
Digester (AD) plant, part of the Gorge Farm Energy Park.
Anaerobic
digesters operating at livestock farms use different technologies to generate
power.
The methane
digester was expected to generate approximately 1,500 kWh / day, which would be used to
power farm operations.
During its 20 - year lifetime, the Dovan
digester project will keep an estimated 7,000 tons of CO2 from being emitted by fossil - fueled
power plants, and it will prevent fugitive methane from manure storage equivalent to an estimated 22,000 tons of CO2.
NativeEnergy helped fund improvements to a manure
digester that
powered the Noblehurst Dairy Farm with renewable energy.
With plans to sell the surplus generic electricity to their
power provider, the Wanners turned toNativeEnergy to provide an upfront purchase of the
digester's RECs and carbon offsets to help fund the project.
Project type: Farm
Power What they do: Manure from the dairy is fed into an anaerobic
digester where the methane is captured and used for energy production.
In regions where access to modern sanitation systems and a reliable
power grid can be a challenge, biogas
digesters really come into their own.
The anaerobic
digester has been in place since 2004, the plan is now to up the amount of food waste processed into biogas from the current 90 tons per week to 200 tons: Food Waste Biogas Could
Power 2.5 Million Homes Nationally The whole thing is perfectly fine, but if you're wondering what the big deal about just chucking your food waste in the landfill and perhaps have been a bit uncertain why we're always telling you about the virtues of composting, here are a few quick facts (again, thanks to the EPA for pulling these out) to supply the context.
The university has an anaerobic
digester that helps to
power farm areas and buildings on the south side of campus.
After sorting, the organic waste from Tel Aviv's trash is pumped to these biogas
digesters where micro-bacteria break down the waste and produce gas, which is used to
power Arrow's entire facility.