Sentences with phrase «using anaerobic digesters»

Manure can be used to produce electricity by using anaerobic digesters to extract bioenergy (in the form of biogas).

The US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the sustainable energy NGO Energy Vision released two case studies assessing the results of projects that were among the first to produce Renewable Compressed Natural Gas (R - CNG) vehicle fuel by using anaerobic digesters to capture the biogases from decomposing organic waste....

Some farmers are using anaerobic digesters to turn the whey into energy for use on the farm and to be sold to the local utility.

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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.

The governor also announced plans for new incentives for farmers to increase the use of «anaerobic digesters,» which helps turn waste produced on farm — such as cow manure — into energy that farms can use.

Other companies, like FuelCell Energy in Danbury, Conn., are capturing the gas from anaerobic digesters to be used in combined heat and power plants.

Now a Danish team has analysed the various ways in which firms in that country treat pig manure and use it to generate electricity in systems such as anaerobic digesters or incinerators.

Also, methane produced in anaerobic biomass digesters is economically important as «one of the few proven, economical, large - scale bioenergy strategies» in use today, they say.

With Park Spark, small - scale passive anaerobic digesters are a common low - tech machine used around the world in places like India, China, and parts of South America.

In Madagascar it is being used as a «toilet service» where the deposits are picked up and taken to an anaerobic digester to produce methane and clean fertilizer.

Shortly after the startup of the farm's new high - efficiency milking facilities in 2002, Shawn Saylor began investigating the use of an anaerobic digester to improve their manure management system and control operating costs.

The Pixley Biogas, LLC anaerobic digester facility produces biomethane from cow manure to replace the natural gas used to heat Calgren Renewable Fuels» ethanol vehicle fuel.

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.

An additional environmental benefit of the anaerobic digesters is the production of solids or biofibers which are used to replaced sand as the primary bedding source for the cows.

With U.S. livestock and poultry production now concentrated in large facilities, the use of animal waste in anaerobic digesters to produce methane (natural gas) is catching on fast.

One of the more successful rural energy development strategies is the use of biogas digesters, which involves a process whereby organic material such as agricultural or animal waste are broken down by specific types of bacteria by anaerobic digestion, releasing carbon dioxide and methane gas.

Anaerobic digesters operating at livestock farms use different technologies to generate power.

Complete mix and mixed plug flow designs were used in the majority of anaerobic digesters at livestock farms in 2016.

Use the Ohio EPA Permit Wizard to identify the permits, licenses and other requirements needed for anaerobic digesters.

Although not specific to farms with anaerobic digesters, farms producing or using manure require a Nutrient Management Plan.

There are no national water - related permit requirements specifically triggered by use of anaerobic digesters.

The anaerobic digester, completed in the summer of 2007, produces approximately 2,000 kWh of electricity each day, more than three times the amount of electricity the farm currently uses.

Methane recovery - Methane emissions, e.g., from oil or gas wells, coal beds, peat bogs, gas transmission pipelines, landfills, or anaerobic digesters, are captured and used as a fuel or for some other economic purpose (e.g., chemical feedstock).

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.

Digesters work using the natural process of anaerobic decomposition.

However, while natural gas can be derived from anaerobic digesters or landfills, in Utah they are using the fossil fuel kind which, though finite, is at least cleaner burning and less carbon - intensive than regular gasoline.

If 50 % of food waste was used in anaerobic digesters to make energy, we could supply electricity to 2.5 million homes for a year.