Photo from front page of New York Times business section describing the benefit of USDA grants, including to our Grand Isle, Vermont biogas project.
We have been involved with the following digester projects:
Sales Only:
480 kW Rockwood Farms, Granville Massachusetts, USA
360 kW Luther Belden Farm, Hatfield, Massachusetts, USA
550 kW Fort Hill Farm, Thompson, Connecticut, USA
450 kW Hytone Farm, Coventry, Connecticut, USA
Sales & Development:
Grants Acquired, In Permitting
149 kW Bullis Farm, Grand Isle, Vermont, USA
Grants Acquired, in Development
149 kW Franklin, Vermont, USA
149 kW Stowe, Vermont, USA
320 kW Sheldon, Vermont, USA
Consultant
650kW Amman, Jordan
Step-by-step – the Grand Isle Vermont Digester
Kickoff celebration at Savage View Farm. Vermont Senator Peter Welch and children from the school next to the farm attended. Story below.
Step 1 – Sentor Welch and farmer Dwight Bullis at media event with Jim Muir to introduce the digester project. Special benefits will include reduction of phosphorus runoff into adjacent Lake Champlain and odor reduction at the elementary school next door.
Step 2 – The work begins. (Right to Left) Team member John Forcier discusses engineering considerations with Brenden Williams of Biogest Biogas and farm owner Dwight Bullis.
Step 3 – “Efficiency Vermont” has stepped in to provide the excavation and piping costs to deliver the heat from the generator set to the farm’s new worker housing. This saves money and further reduces the use of fossil fuels such as propane.
Step 4 – The Savage View Farm is unusual because it is located on the Grand Isle’s main street with residences, businesses and a school close by. As a result, a noise study was required for permitting. This specialized report was provided by team member Mark Bannon.
Step 5 – Agricultural Digesters team engineering consultant John Forcier (second from right) and operating and maintenance specialist Jill Marsano meet with Generator set providers Clarke Energy regarding positioning of Combined Heat and Power equipment.
Step-by-step – the Rockville Massachusetts Digester
One happy farmer! Dan Woodger of Rockwood Farm in Granville, Massachusetts. Pictured with his 480 kW system. Backstory below.
Step 1 – After meeting Dan Woodger (left) a few years ago, Jim Muir invited him to a presentation by a specialist from Pennsylvania (far right) about benefits of spreading liquid digestate on fields via draglining. This is digestate separated by a manure separator.
Step 2 – Jim Muir sold, but did not develop, this project. Instead, he identified and educated a new developer on behalf of the Woodgers. In southern New England, financial success depends on obtaining reliable food waste contracts, so this responsibility was important.
Step 3 – In-ground biodigester tank by RCM Digesters, under construction at Rockwood farm. Jim Muir, on behalf of RCM facilitated the agreement and down payment from the farm.
Step 4 – Dan Woodger in front of his methane digester which anaerobically digests food waste along with the manure of 400 adult cows. The structure being built to the right houses a “de-packager” to process more varied food waste and provide higher tipping fees to the farm.
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