Webinar: Economic Feasibility of Co-Digestion of Manure and Food Waste
Event Details
Date
December 1, 2022
Time
12:00pm-1:00pm
Location
Zoom
Host
PRO-DAIRY
cals.cornell.edu/co-digestion-webinar
Lauren Ray
email Lauren Ray
Are you interested in exploring whether a manure and food waste co-digestion enterprise might be feasible at your dairy? This PRO-DAIRY webinar will present the economic feasibility of two scenarios of anaerobic co-digestion on a case dairy farm located in Northern New York.
- Scenario 1: addition of food waste (20% 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% 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 CALS PRO-DAIRY
- Peter Wright, Agricultural Engineer, Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY
Moderators
- Lindsay Ferlito, Regional Dairy Specialist - North Country, Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Angela George, Dairy Environmental Systems Specialist, Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY
Grant funding for the project was provided by the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program
More information is available at: https://cals.cornell.edu/co-digestion-webinar
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