COVENTRY, CT — Ag-Grid Energy CEO Rashi Akki and Hytone Farm owner Greg Peracchio led a tour for U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) during his August 1 visit to learn about the farm’s anaerobic digester. The digester project, which received about $5M in state funding,...
Umesh Akki Brings Experience from UGI Corporation, Exelon, Constellation and PECO June 26, 2023 — Ag-Grid Energy, a pioneering producer of green electricity and RNG from cow manure and food waste, has announced the appointment of Umesh Akki, Ph.D., as Chief Operating...
UGI Corporation has announced that its subsidiary, UGI Energy Services and Ag-Grid Energy commissioned a new renewable electricity facility at Hytone Farm in Coventry, CT. The new facility was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 8. Read more at...
Construction of two anaerobic digesters is progressing at Lent Hill Dairy in Cohocton, NY. The digester project is a partnership between farm owner Paul Wolcott and Ag-Grid Energy. This is Ag-Grid Energy’s first project in New York. Four completed dairy digester...
When New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart received a call from Rashi Akki, asking if the city wanted to buy the output from a biogas facility fueled by cow manure, she was taken aback. “I remember looking at my staff and going, ‘Absolutely not,’” Stewart said. Now, she has...
Ag-Grid is excited to announce its most recent hire, Ken Verhelle. Ken is a veteran of the food waste and digester industry and has been charged with expanding Ag-Grid’s food waste market as its new Director of Food Waste Strategy & Operations. Welcome to the...
