Awardee Name
Long Wind Farm Inc.
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Compost Sourced Heat Pump System for Heating a Vermont Greenhouse
Awardee State/Territory
Vermont
Involved States/territories
Vermont
Award Year
2012
End Date
Award Amount
$75,000.00
Production/Use
Farmland Horticultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Energy
Resource Concern (Specific)
Energy efficiency of equipment and facilities
Conservation Practice(s)
Energy Efficient Building Envelope
Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation
Project Background
This project will evaluate and demonstrate a compost and heat pump based renewable energy system for greenhouses that displaces fossil fuel energy and meets certain on-farm energy needs, while increasing energy efficiency and/or reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No