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Implementation of a mobile separation unit to service multiple farms to separate out a portion of the solids in dairy manure. Benefits include reduction of greenhouse gases and nutrient loading

Agreement Number
17-034
Awardee Name
NATIVEEnergy, INC.
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Implementation of a mobile separation unit to service multiple farms to separate out a portion of the solids in dairy manure. Benefits include reduction of greenhouse gases and nutrient loading.
Awardee State/Territory
Vermont
Involved States/territories
Vermont
Award Year
2016
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$1,239,000.00
Production/Use
Animal Agriculture and Husbandry
Resource Concern (Broad)
Air
Soil
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Soil Health
Carbon stock; carbon emissions
Manure management
GHGs; confined animal activities
Water Quality
Conservation Practice(s)
Anaerobic Digester
Nutrient Management
Waste Treatment
Project Background
NativeEnergy, Inc.’s Mobile Separator Project (MSP) is an innovative approach to improve dairy farms’ manure management, reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) at the farm, and capture and remove excess nutrients from the farm. The MSP will employ a technology that is proven in the broader agriculture industry (i.e., separators at larger farms with anaerobic digesters) but has historically been very difficult or impossible to financially justify at smaller farms due to poor economies of scale. The MSP addresses the economies of scale issue for locations where there are a number of small dairy farms in close proximity to each other.
Project Scale
Multi-farm
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
Yes
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Thomas Stoddard