Our View: Hit & Misses Oct 6, 2009
The Cayuga County methane digester project and a project in Port Byron to install solar units secured substantial funding under a round of grants announced last week for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These projects show tremendous potential to contribute toward a cleaner environment while also helping to save money. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Supervisors clear way for anaerobic digesters; dairy hopes to turn manure into electricity Sep 17, 2009
Van Der Hyde Dairy in Chatham announced plans earlier this summer to install an anaerobic digester, also known as a methane digester. It will be the first in Virginia. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Willington Man On Cutting Edge Of Renewable Energy Aug 4, 2009
His extensive project proposal, accompanied by a laminated set of diagrams and schematics, includes the solar panels he recently installed, the diesel-hydrogen systems now fueling two of his cars and a yet-to-be-built fuel cell fed by an alpaca manure-methane digester ... Nadeau plans to build a methane digester that will suck the gas out of his 6-foot-tall pile of alpaca feces. (FOX61, CT)
Dream weavers Jul 19, 2009
Spanos and Hostetler are applying for another grant to research if the greasy water can be used as a methane digester for heating. Since they believe there is no bad wool, they also are checking into uses for coarse wool or belly wool. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Methane digester may reenergize dairies Jul 6, 2009
The machine, called a methane digester, has been popular in Europe since the 1970s, but the idea is just catching on in the United States ... In Vermont, six farms sell energy from their methane digesters to through Cow Power, a 13-year-old program that businesses and residents can opt into by paying 4 cents extra per kilowatt hour on their electricity bills. (Boston Globe)
Ag census: Latest info shows growing diversity Feb 12, 2009
Approximately 23,400 farms indicated on-farm energy generation through such means as windmills, solar collectors and methane digester. More that 664,000 farm operators reported having a barn that was built before 1960. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
