farm power northwest llc creates renewable energy projects that sustain family farms, reduce...
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Farm Power Northwest LLC creates renewable energy projects that sustain family farms, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and promote local growth.
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Kevin MaasAPWA Washington Conference—April 5, 2012
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What We Do Now
• organize, own, and operate community anaerobic digesters.
• build on relationships formed throughout Pacific Northwest since our founding in 2007
• produce 10,000 MWh of green power and 15,000 tons of verified carbon offsets annually
• save dairy farmers at our two operating projects thousands of dollars a week on bedding, fertilizer, and manure handling costs
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Farm Power Lynden750kW plus greenhouse heat—2000 cows
Lynden, WAOperating since December 2010
Farm Power Rexville750kW—two farms—1500 cowsMount Vernon, WAOperating since August 2009
Farm Power Tillamook1000kW--multifarm—1750 cowsTillamook, ORGoing online April 2012
Rainier Biogas1000kW
Nutrient recoveryFour farms1500 cows
Enumclaw, WA Going online July 2012
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Farm Power Lynden
Farm Power Rexville
Rainier Biogas
Farm Power Misty Meadow
Farm Power Tillamook
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Electricity to PSERemaining half of surplus heat to greenhouse
80% thermalefficiency
Flow Example--Farm Power Lynden
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Materials handling
• can accept up to 30% non-manure feedstock
• quality of digested fiber remains high
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Annual impact--per digester
• 20 million gallons of manure processed
• electricity to power 500 homes
• methane destruction equivalent to taking 2,000 cars off the road
• 20,000 cubic yards of fiber for bedding or horticultural use
• two skilled full-time jobs
• sustainable disposal of 5,000 tons of food-processing waste
• ability to extract 300,000 pounds of nitrogen and phosphorus for application elsewhere
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Kevin Maas360.424.4519
Follow our progress at:http://www.farmpower.com
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