New York State's largest on-farm, 'co-digestion' biogas power project has begun processing animal and food waste at Synergy Dairy in Covington.
The anaerobic digestion (AD) facility is owned and operated by CH4 Biogas under the name Synergy Biogas and will generate 1.4 MW of electricity using GE Jenbacher J420 gas engines.
The project is expected to reduce the dairy farm's base load greenhouse gas emissions by about 8500 tons (7700 tonnes) of CO2 annually.
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer joined state and local officials at the grand opening of biogas power project, which is expected to boost to the state's renewable energy production and sustainability efforts.
"By recycling agricultural waste in biogas plants, dairies can reduces disposal costs, produce affordable renewable energy to run their operations and gain a revenue source by selling excess power to the grid," commented Schumer.
Schumer's office also worked with the Wyoming County Industrial Development Agency to help Synergy Biogas complete the facility and partner with Cornell University and Rochester Institute of Technology to evaluate the project's performance.
