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Got power? SMUD starts using power from manure digester

  1. Dan-H Subscriber
    #128 Jul 2008, 5:08 PM

    http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/s ... 6&ana=e_du



    Sacramento Business Journal - by Kathy Robertson Staff writer



    Cows have started producing energy in Sacramento County.



    The Sacramento Municipal Utility District began using power from a manure digester at Cal-Denier Dairy on Monday. It’s the first manure digester in the county.



    About 120 pounds of cow urine and manure are stored in a covered lagoon and gradually releases methane, a greenhouse gas and energy source. The gas is sent to a 65-kilowatt generator, where it is burned to produce power.



    SMUD pays about 10 cents per kilowatt-hour for the power and contributed 13 percent of the cost of the $700,000 digester system. Other funding came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Energy Commission





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  2. Dan-H started this Subscriber
    #228 Jul 2008, 5:15 PM
    "Dan-H" wrote: About 120 pounds of cow urine and manure are stored in a covered lagoon and gradually releases methane, a greenhouse gas and energy source. The gas is sent to a 65-kilowatt generator, where it is burned to produce power.



    120 lbs of cow poop and pee driving a 65-kilowatt generator? Must be a typo.

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  3. Guest former user
    #328 Jul 2008, 7:58 PM

    Small, distributed generation like this is the future. If we all had solar panels, Brad would be out of a job. 😀

  4. Dan-H started this Subscriber
    #428 Jul 2008, 8:39 PM
    "Bender" wrote: Small, distributed generation like this is the future. If we all had solar panels, Brad would be out of a job. 😀



    or he'd be in a different marketplace ePowerBarter.com

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  5. JohnDF Subscriber
    #528 Jul 2008, 9:01 PM

    Justin is our local crap expert 😉



    He's been so quiet, I'm going back to, "Justin, who the heck is Justin?"

    I used to wheel a lot. . .
  6. Dan-H started this Subscriber
    #628 Jul 2008, 9:05 PM
    "JohnDF" wrote: Justin is our local crap expert 😉



    ok,



    name the vintage, appellation and varietal of this pile



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  7. Guest former user
    #729 Jul 2008, 1:54 PM

    poop. its whats for dinner.

  8. BKGM Jeepers President Joined: June 2003
    #830 Jul 2008, 7:55 AM

    I'd think its about 120 tonnes of the stuff to get 65Kw of power...

    Kathleen and Brad

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