The Future of Farming
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saucy. V.
May 4, 2012
I just went to the website... they are going to be net-zero energy!! So cool.
"What does it mean to be net-zero energy?
The Plant will produce all of its own electricity and heat on site and using proven technologies. Our anaerobic digester will take in food waste (everything from spent distillers grains to vegetable produce waste to beef-fat sludge), digest it, and release methane into a combined heat and power (CHP) system. This system will supply the building with heat and electricity. The Plant will remain connected to the public electrical grid and natural gas pipeline, providing us not only with a backup power source but also the possibility of feeding our surplus electricity back to the public grid.
So while we may occasionally take power from the grid, we will also be giving it back, leaving us with a net-zero usage level.
"What does it mean to be net-zero energy?
The Plant will produce all of its own electricity and heat on site and using proven technologies. Our anaerobic digester will take in food waste (everything from spent distillers grains to vegetable produce waste to beef-fat sludge), digest it, and release methane into a combined heat and power (CHP) system. This system will supply the building with heat and electricity. The Plant will remain connected to the public electrical grid and natural gas pipeline, providing us not only with a backup power source but also the possibility of feeding our surplus electricity back to the public grid.
So while we may occasionally take power from the grid, we will also be giving it back, leaving us with a net-zero usage level.
saucy. V.
May 4, 2012
I just went to the website... they are going to be net-zero energy!! So cool.
"What does it mean to be net-zero energy?
The Plant will produce all of its own electricity and heat on site and using proven technologies. Our anaerobic digester will take in food waste (everything from spent distillers grains to vegetable produce waste to beef-fat sludge), digest it, and release methane into a combined heat and power (CHP) system. This system will supply the building with heat and electricity. The Plant will remain connected to the public electrical grid and natural gas pipeline, providing us not only with a backup power source but also the possibility of feeding our surplus electricity back to the public grid.
So while we may occasionally take power from the grid, we will also be giving it back, leaving us with a net-zero usage level.
"What does it mean to be net-zero energy?
The Plant will produce all of its own electricity and heat on site and using proven technologies. Our anaerobic digester will take in food waste (everything from spent distillers grains to vegetable produce waste to beef-fat sludge), digest it, and release methane into a combined heat and power (CHP) system. This system will supply the building with heat and electricity. The Plant will remain connected to the public electrical grid and natural gas pipeline, providing us not only with a backup power source but also the possibility of feeding our surplus electricity back to the public grid.
So while we may occasionally take power from the grid, we will also be giving it back, leaving us with a net-zero usage level.
saucy. V.
May 4, 2012
THis is so BITCHIN'!!! Obviously, we'd like to keep our open farmland but where there are miles of empty warehouses, there should be new farms! What a bright future!! I hope they are using solar panels to fuel all those growlights!?!? Serious energy intake.
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