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Biogas distribution network approved
Dairy Herd news source  |  Thursday, November 20, 2008

The first biogas distribution network in the nation has been approved in Kern County California. This project will link up nine farms to generate electricity for California homes. The project is headed up by BioEnergy Solutions in Bakersfield, Calif. Construction will begin in early 2009.

Three of the nine farms have already agreed to supply biogas to the network:  C&R Vanderham Dairy, Whiteside Dairy and Vermeer and Goedhart Dairy. The combined herd of 6,500-cows is expected to produce 615,000 cubic feet of natural gas a day, enough to generate power for 3,000 California homes.

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