Nelson ZandbergenFarmers ForumCANADA — Canada’s dairy farmers are planning to transform much of their cow manure into green energy as a key part of the industry’s pledge to be ‘net zero’ by 2050. The elaborate plan involves the construction of 310 new on-farm biogas facilities across Canada to process 80% of the nation’s dairy cow manure by 2030, according to a video from project developer GET Corp. screened at the Dairy Farmers of Canada’s annual general meeting in July. Farms without biodigesters will participate by having their manure trucked to one of the methane-capturing facilities, and then trucked back to the farm as “digestate” after undergoing the anaerobic process. Manure will be picked up “every few days,” according to the video, so add the manure truck to the milk truck making regular visits up the farm laneway. The collected methane will be sold into the natural gas grid, displacing fossil-fuel natural gas, with profits shared by the involved farmers.

Source: CBC News September 08, 2022 09:11 UTC