A partnership with Promus Energy and ABC members Brightmark Energy and Regenis has made it possible for Central Washington dairy to begin converting dairy manure into renewable natural gas. Dan DeRuyter of George DeRuyter and Sons Dairy in Outlook says a natural gas pipeline is being built to carry the manure byproduct from their anaerobic digester to a regional network that supplies fuel for transportation. “Everything’s about being able to manage our nutrients better. The one thing a digester does is it allows you to separate the nutrients off from the liquids and the biggest issue is with the nutrients that we have in there is basically shipping. You don’t want to ship water” (DeRuyter). More >>
