“Instead of producing waste and harmful emissions, the farm reduces After simple processing, the biogas becomes a renewable substitute for natural gas, and the digested materialsĬan be used as a fertiliser on the farm,” explains Mark Storey, the Wärtsilä Sales and Marketing Manager responsible for the Threemile Canyon Farms project.
“Anaerobic digestion helps recycle organic waste, turning it into biogas and valuable soil products, using a natural, biological process.
The RNG is injected into TransCanada’s pipeline, which feeds into the regional power grid. The plant uses the methane from the animal manure produced on the dairy farm to generate sustainable RNG. This is equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions from 28,875 passenger vehicles, or CO2 emissions from the energy consumption of 16,285 homes. The installation, which was completed in mid-2019, encompassed equipment for gas conditioning andĬompression for pipeline injection, as well as the supply and installation of a biological hydrogen sulphide removal system.įast forward to 2020 and the now fully operational plant is expected to sequester around 136,000 metric tonnes The decision was made to invest in a Wärtsilä biogas upgrading plant, which uses an existing anaerobic digester (AD) site to produce biomethane. Threemile Canyon Farms saw this as an opportunity to start delivering Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). It all started in 2016, when they were approached by energy company TransCanada about placing a natural gas pipeline under the farm. And more to the point, it’s the right thing to do,” says Marty Myers, General Manager, Threemile Canyon Farms. As farmers, we take the protection and preservation of our natural resources extremely seriously, because, without them, we’re Operated with an emphasis on farming responsibly and sustainably ever since we took over Threemile Canyon Farms in 1999.
Its investment in a biogas upgrading plant, delivered in 2019 by Wärtsilä Biogas Solutions, is the latest in a long line of climate-smart initiatives. Placed care for the environment at the forefront of its operations. A leader in sustainable agricultural practices, Threemile Canyon Farms has always The land is used to raise livestock for dairy production and grow conventional and organic crops. Threemile Canyon Farms manages some 93,000 acres of farmland in Oregon, USA. As companies around the world seek to transition to renewable energy, Wärtsilä has delivered a ground-breaking biogas upgrading plant to an agriculture customer in the USA, which converts methane into renewable natural gas.
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