NEWS: Renewable Energy

Vanguard breaks ground on food waste to energy project

Posted on 16th October 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

System will help food producers and consumers comply with Vermont’s 2020 food waste ban.

Biomethane to Supply Vermont College with 50% of its Heating and Cooling Energy Needs

Posted on 16th October 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

Vanguard Renewables has selected Kinsley Energy Systems to supply high-efficiency combined heat and power (CHP) for a new renewable energy project.

Energy 2028 update: College partners with Goodrich Farm on anaerobic digester project

Posted on 19th September 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

Middlebury College broke ground on an anaerobic digester facility at the end of August, pushing the college towards its goal of using 100% renewable energy sources by 2028.

The New Business Imperative – Employees turn environmental action into a workplace necessity

Posted on 10th September 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Food Waste, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

This survey of Fortune 1000 employees finds that if companies are to meet employee expectations for corporate environmental efforts, and reap the associated benefits, they have significant work ahead of them.

Milestones Reached as Vermont Gas, Vanguard Renewables Break Ground on Biogas-RNG Project

Posted on 26th August 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Food Waste, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

For many who attended the groundbreaking for the new dairy digester at Vermont’s Goodrich Farm, the sense of true celebration was palpable.

Diversification the secret behind Bar-Way Farm’s century of success

Posted on 26th August 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Food Waste, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

DEERFIELD — Steven Melnik used horses when he started his farm in 1919. A century later, his great-grandson can use his smartphone to turn on the pumps at a 750,000-gallon methane digester that makes bedding for dairy cows, as well as electricity, fertilizer and heat.

Media Coverage for the official groundbreaking at Goodrich Farm of Salisbury biodigester

Posted on 22nd August 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Food Waste, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

Multiple news outlets covered this historic event, and groundbreaking of the new Salisbury Anerobic Digestor. Read coverage from WPTZ (NBC5), VtDigger, Houston Chronicle, VtBiz, WCAX.

Vanguard Renewables, Goodrich Farm, Middlebury College, and Vermont Gas Celebrate Groundbreaking for Facility that Turns Manure and Food Waste into Renewable Energy

Posted on 22nd August 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Food Waste, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

Middlebury will be the primary consumer of the RNG produced at the dairy farm.

Vermont farm turns manure into renewable energy, powering Middlebury College

Posted on 21st August 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Food Waste, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

The digester, which extracts methane from manure and food waste, is similar in design to the one under construction in Salisbury, Vermont.

How cows will help heat a Vermont college campus

Posted on 21st August 2019
in Biogas/Anaerobic Digestion, Food Waste, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

SALISBURY, Vt. (WCAX) Soon cows will help heat a local school campus. Tuesday, Middlebury College and its partners broke ground on a new facility on the Goodrich Family Farm in Salisbury.

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“Our team came together to be energy innovators but what we quickly learned was that helping support the American farm was the real motivating force.”
– John Hanselman

Goodrich Farm Facts

Generational Vermont dairy farm
Located in Salisbury, Vermont
Owned and operated by the Goodrich family
900 milking cows on site
1750 acres of hay
650 acres of corn

Utility

Vermont Gas

Project Inputs: Feedstock

Manure ~ 100 tons per day
Organics ~ 180 tons per day

Project Outputs:
RNG and Electricity

180,000 Mcf/y of baseload Renewable Natural Gas for pipeline injection
600kW of Renewable Electricity

Farm Benefits

Annual lease payment for land use
Liquid organic fertilizer to increase crop yields and reduce chemical fertilizer use
Separated solids for animal bedding
Phosphorus reduction
Reduced GHG emissions