Sounds like another methane digester. Nothing new there. First one I
saw in operation was 1983 on a hog farm.
Of course you have to consider the sources: Vermont pointy heads and
some moron submitting to the AP.
Actually, the Mother earph news hippies were probably building digesters
in VT in the late 60s.
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote on 8/21/19 1:56 PM:
Manure and food scrap digester to make fuel for Vt. collegePublished:
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Construction is underway at a Vermont dairy farm on a system that will turn
cow manure and food scraps into renewable natural gas to help Middlebury
College meet its goal of getting 100% of its energy from renewable sources
and provide extra income for the farmer.
The groundbreaking for the anaerobic digester was held yesterday at the
Goodrich Family Farm in Salisbury, Vt.
"We constantly seek innovative ways to be good stewards of the land and
practice sustainable and viable agriculture," said Chase Goodrich, who is
among the fourth generation of his family to operate their farm, which now
milks about 900 cows. "The digester will help to continue to make this
possible."
The digester, which is being constructed as a partnership of the college,
the farm, Vermont Gas Systems and Vanguard Renewables, will be the largest
of its kind in Vermont.
A statement distributed by the college said the system would process 100
tons of manure and 180 tons of organic food waste a day into renewable
natural gas.
Vanguard is now contacting local and Vermont-based food manufacturers to
find the food waste.
Middlebury College, which is working on a plan to meet all its energy needs
from renewable sources by 2028, is planning to buy the bulk of the gas that
will be produced by the digester. Once the digester is in operation, it
will supply about half the energy Middlebury uses for heating and cooling.
The college's biomass plant will produce the other 50%. Both sources
provide some of the college's electricity.
Vermont Gas has begun construction on a 5-mile pipeline to connect the farm
with its distribution network. *— Associated Press*
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