Food Power in Vermont. By Nancy Remsen, The Burlington Free Press, October 5, 2009. "[A] biodigester, if feasible, will be built on the campus of Vermont Technical College in Randolph. The food scraps would come from commercial and institutional sources in central Vermont…The feasibility study received a $492,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, with additional funding coming from the Vermont Department of Agriculture, the Clean Energy Development Fund, the state and Seventh Generation Foundation. The U.S. Department of Energy has promised $952,000 for advanced design and construction. Total construction is estimated at $3 million…The plan is to tap 14 tons a day of food scrap in the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District, combine it with 10 tons a day of manure from area dairy farms, and feed it into a biodigester… The methane produced would be used either to fuel the college's heating plant or to generate electricity for the campus. What's left -- likely a thick, dark liquid -- would have several potential uses, such enriching soil on farmers' fields.The project is being carried out by a partnership that includes the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District, Vermont Technical College, Vermont Environmental Consortiumand Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund."
2009-10-09
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