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The Advantages of Biopower Digesters
Biopower technology represents one of the most feasible and advantageous forms of renewable energy generation, offering Ontario’s agricultural industry an overwhelming case for implementing this technology. It allows consumers to:
• Reduce or eliminate electricity charges
• Sell electricity to the Ontario power grid
• Eliminate electrical demand charges
• Reduce need for on-farm heating fuels
Supplementary Agricultural Benefits
In addition to energy savings, the supplementary agricultural benefits of using anaerobic digester technology are also impressive. They include:
• Odour reduction and control
• Water pollution control
• Greenhouse gas reduction/carbon trading credits
• Pathogen reduction
• Weed seed reduction
• Simplified manure handling (liquid system)
Manure has always been used as a fertilizer. Over the past few decades, farms have increased in size and communities have moved further into the country, resulting in concerns about odour and water safety, especially in light of the recent Walkerton, Ontario tragedy. With global concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, especially from methane, as well as rising energy costs, anaerobic digester (AD) technology offers a solution.
Powerbase Energy Systems Inc. has pooled the resources of a team of recognized experts in the fields of manure management, energy generation, and installation, commissioning, and ongoing support for AD technology, a technology we have named Synergy Biopower™.
Ontario must take decisive action now in order to forestall a looming energy crisis, and with the assistance of the agricultural sector Synergy Biopower™ technology can play an important role. Ontario’s dairy farming sector alone could contribute 500 MW of generating capacity to the provincial electrical grid while offering farmers an attractive income from energy and greenhouse gas emission credits as well as the improvement of manure management and agricultural waste product disposal.
Synergy Biopower™ technology has been carefully designed to ensure economic implementation in dairy farming operations with as little as 200 nutrient units of input, ensuring the participation of a majority of the industry. With new and upcoming regulations allowing small-scale electrical generators to participate in the energy market, now is the right time to consider protecting your operations against rising energy costs.
If you would like to learn more about Synergy Biopower™ technology and see if it is right for your operation, contact Powerbase Energy Systems Inc. for further information.
