Authors: Gary Musgrave, Bill Lazarus, Dan Ciolkosz, Penn State Extension Overview: This business opportunity plan (BOP) describes the steps involved for a hypothetical farm (called “Green Mallard Farm”) to contribute manure to a community anaerobic digester that is operated by a separate digester company. The community digester uses the manure from the farm (and other farms) to produce biogas from manure (and perhaps other feedstocks such as perennial grass and food waste). The biogas may...| Farm Energy
Join us for monthly webinars on the emerging science that sits at the juncture of Renewable Natural Gas, Anaerobic Digestion, and Regenerative Agriculture.| Farm Energy
Authors: Daniel Ciolkosz, Michael, Hile, Bill Lazarus, and Gary Musgrave, Penn State Extension Overview: This business opportunity plan describes the steps involved in establishing an on-farm anaerobic digester that produces biogas from a combination of manure and perennial grass (in this case, switchgrass), and sells it as Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) for injection into an adjacent pipeline. The overall configuration of the facility is described, sizes and capacities of major equipment are la...| Farm Energy
This page lists questions and answers from the C-Change GrassToGas project’s PA Extension newsletter. To be added to the newsletter mailing list, contact GrassToGas@psu.edu.| Farm Energy
The USDA has sponsored the development of a new series of extension materials designed specifically with new farmers in mind. Called “Energy Answers for the Beginning Farmer & Rancher”, it utilizes farm energy experts from university extension programs across the country to answer hot-topic energy questions. The main product of the project is a series of short, engaging videos and resources that give useful tips and information on-farm energy.| Farm Energy
NEWBio research discovers social, cultural, and economic motives behind local bioenergy decisions.| Farm Energy
NEWBio shows producers new methods that can save them sizable costs in their biomass operations, including a 20% reduction in harvesting.| Farm Energy
Breeding new perennial grass varieties of willow and switchgrass with useful bioenergy traits for the Northeast drives NEWBio team.| Farm Energy
Example Analyses of the Wood Chips and Paperboard Manufacturing Industries as Biomass Markets.| Farm Energy
