Feb. 1, 2012: Biogas CHP System Turns Waste Stream Into Heat and Electricity for Farm
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Gardiner Farms cattle feedlot in Kirkton, Ontario, Canada, is producing electricity and thermal energy with a new combined heat and power (CHP) system, offsetting the prior purchase of energy produced using fossil fuels. The farm is using former waste streams, manure, and organic material to generate biogas to fuel the CHP units — EnviroGen® Energy Modules from Elite Energy Systems LLC. The biogas is generated via a recently commissioned anaerobic digestion process.
The former waste stream is providing most of the heat and electricity for all of the farm’s operations as well as private residences located on the property. Electricity the farm does not use will be sold back to the utility, resulting in an additional income stream. Gardiner Farms said the system is another piece in the portfolio of green energy solutions enabling the Province of Ontario to meet its renewable energy goals.