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, in Operation:
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:
Under Construction
149 kW Bullis Farm, Grand Isle, Vermont, USA
In Permitting
335 kW Sheldon, Vermont, USA
Grants and Finance Acquired
149 kW Franklin, Vermont, USA
149 kW Stowe, Vermont, USA
Consultant
650 kW Amman, Jordan
Step-by-step – the Grand Isle Vermont Digester
Kickoff ceremony attended by Vermont government officials including Senator Peter Welch and school children from the elementary school next door. Coverage from media included this report from the local NBC affiliate.
Step 1 – Sentor Welch and farmer Dwight Bullis at media event with Jim Muir to introduce the project. Benefits will include reduction of phosphorus runoff into Lake Champlain and odor reduction at the elementary school next door.
Step 2 – Review held by NRCS with our team to ensure the project conforms to requirements for its $450,000 EQIP allocation.
Step 3 – Awaiting central pillar and stainless-steel tank assembly.
Step 4 – Inner tank complete awaiting leak test. Outer tank will be dark, “renewable” green, the outer membrane grey.
Video of final cement pouring and building of central pillar. Signage on bluff above site designed to educate visitors on the revenue and environmental benefit to the farm and community of Grand Isle. While most digesters in Vermont were built with older, in-ground technology, modern above ground CSTR (Continually Stirred Tank Reactor) systems like this one provide more energy, are easier to maintain and the choice internationally.
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), 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 developer on behalf of the Woodgers. In southern New England, financial success depends on obtaining 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 that co-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.
International consulting and development for digester projects
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farm. Our business models are “farmer-owned” and “partnership” so that farmers and any investors/lenders are assured of steady income from the date of launch. Contact us to learn how a digester will benefit your farm.