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Coventry dairy farm converts manure, food waste to renewable electricity
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 Hires Industry Veteran Ken Verhelle to Manage Digester Food Waste Operations & Strategy
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...
UGI Invests in Renewable Energy Producer Ag-Grid Energy
UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) announced today that its subsidiary, UGI Energy Services, LLC, acquired a 33% equity interest in Ag-Grid Energy LLC (“Ag-Grid”), a renewable energy producer with projects in the United States. Ag-Grid currently develops and operates small...
Dairies can solve food waste disposal needs
Anaerobic digesters have become a useful tool for some dairy farms to not only manage their manure and environmental impact, but also to create another source of income by selling the power that is generated. In a growing number of states, that opportunity may become...
Ag-Grid Energy breaks ground on fourth biogas to electricity project
In Connecticut, Ag-Grid Energy has broken ground on its fourth biogas to electricity project. Hytone Ag-Grid, in partnership with Hytone Farms, would be Ag-Grid’s fourth dairy digester in the northeast US and will begin construction in March 2022. It is expected to be...
What’s unique about a new Connecticut digester
Last month, Connecticut-based Fort Hill Farms announced that it was nearing completion of its new biogas dairy digester. The project, the result of a partnership between Fort Hill, Live Oak Bank, the Connecticut Green Bank and Ag-Grid Energy, will allow Fort Hill to...
Connecticut farm preps for ground-breaking new digester system
Fort Hill Farms, a Connecticut-based, family-owned farm, is nearing completion of a new biogas dairy digester system. The system will recycle food waste and manure into renewable energy and soil projects. A new partnership between Fort Hill, Live Oak Bank, the...