Thursday Dec 1, 2022, 12pm-1pm
Are you interested in exploring whether a manure and food waste co-digestion enterprise might be feasible at your dairy? This webinar will present the economic feasibility of two scenarios of anaerobic co-digestion on a case dairy farm located in Northern NY.
- Scenario 1: addition of food waste (20 percent by volume) to an existing manure anaerobic digester to electricity system.
- Scenario 2: new construction anaerobic digester to renewable natural gas (RNG) system taking in food waste (up to 50 percent by volume) with manure.
Food waste sources and tipping fees, biogas generation and utilization for energy, and digested effluent storage and nutrient management planning are described. A question and answer session is included.
Speakers:
Lauren Ray, Agricultural Sustainability & Energy Engineer, Cornell PRO-DAIRY
Peter Wright, Agricultural Engineer, Cornell PRO-DAIRY
Moderators:
Lindsay Ferlito, Regional Dairy Specialist, CCE North Country Regional Ag Team
Angela George, Dairy Environmental Systems Specialist, Cornell PRO-DAIRY
Register here: https://cals.cornell.edu/co-digestion-webinar
Grant funding for the project was provided by the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program.