Reply #4: Lynden farmers to begin turning cow manure into 'Green Power' [View All]

[Bdog]

http://www.westernfrontonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/06/24/40db41dbda91b
As early as October, Puget Sound Energy may add a new source of renewable energy to their Green Power program. Rooms across Bellingham may soon be illuminated by energy extracted from recycled cow manure.

The device responsible for this conversion is called an anaerobic digester and will be constructed by the Andgar Corporation for use at the Vander Haak Dairy in Lynden. It will be the first such device installed in Washington state.

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/11/12/manure031112
Alberta ranchers explore 'manure power'
Last Updated Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:57:16

VEGREVILLE, ALTA. - Next summer, cattle in Alberta could become another source of fuel for the province.

The Kotelko family near Vegreville has raised cattle for 20 years. Their feedlot is home to 36,000 head, producing 36 million kilograms of manure every year.

The Ketelkos are pioneering the use of manure for a new technology. The plan is to take the waste and turn it into three megawatts of electricity – enough to power three towns of more than 7,000 people.

But you know if the land values are high enough...the land developers will get those farms no mater what.