US Sec. of Ag. Tom Vilsack announced recently in Copehagen that the US Dairy industry is commiting to 25% reduction on greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. A major component of this initative will focus on capture and distruction of methane produced by dairy cattle. Vilsack indicates that various programs will be coming together to support the development of systems such as anaerobic digesters. See the Copehagen attachement for the full press release.
Today, DOE announced $20.5 Million in funding for five (5) Community Renewable Energy Deployment projects. The appears to be a program which is testing the capacity of communites, public entities and small utilities to deploy multiple and multifaceted projects on their own.
For those of you that like to learn from others, the Wisconsion Biogas Casebook for 2009 has been posted. This publication by Focus on Energy provides operational profiles for 20 plus livestock based digesters operating within the state.
Livestock Waste to Energy and Ag Success Team Members,
You may follow this link http://www.development.ohio.gov/recovery/energy/FundingOpportunities.htm or download the attachments for more information about funding availability for waste to energy projects in Ohio. Note the conference call on July 19th from 10 to noon and August 23, 2010 proposal deadline.
Ag Success Team and NEO Livestock Energy Group Members,
Next weeks Technology Tuesday Webinar (7/13) hosted by PSU Dairy and Animal Science Department will focus on the Basic Principles and On-Farm Farm Economics of Anaerobic Digesters. Go to www.das.psu.edu/dairy-alliance/education/technology for registration details.