The AD Tech Behind Itįirst, a short primer on anaerobic digesters – Anaerobic digesters use naturally occurring microbes to break down food waste into biogas and an organic soil amendment used by farmers. Throughout the partnership, BDC and Chesapeake Utilities Corporation aim to jointly pursue a set of additional project sites to maximize the potential for RNG. This project provides the opportunity for Chesapeake Utilities to maintain the green attributes of the RNG by distributing the gas to its own natural gas distribution customers. Marlin Gas Services will transport the sustainable fuel to Eastern Shore Natural Gas, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s interstate pipeline, where it will be introduced to CPK’s own distribution system and ultimately distributed to its natural gas customers. The resources generated from organic material at BDC’s anaerobic digestion facilities in Delaware, known as the Bioenergy Innovation Center, will be processed by Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, and Eastern Shore Natural Gas and Marlin Gas Services will facilitate the transport and receipt of RNG for multiple suppliers through its interconnect facility and equipment. Beyond the environmental and energy benefits, this project will also support the economy in the Delmarva region. The intent is for BDC and Chesapeake Utilities Corporation affiliates Eastern Shore Natural Gas, Chesapeake Utilities and Marlin Gas Services, to collaborate on this project in addition to several other project sites where organic waste can be converted into a carbon-negative energy source. BDC is currently developing their state-of-the-art Bioenergy Innovation Center which will generate carbon-negative natural gas using materials from Perdue and other food processors. This natural gas offtake agreement follows the announcement made late last year that BDC would be working with Perdue Farms to process excess organic material from Delmarva chicken facilities. Gas created at this facility will now be used to heat and power homes in Delaware, creating a fully circular waste-to-energy economy for the region. The Projectīioenergy DevCo, a global developer of anaerobic digestion facilities that create renewable energy and healthy soil products from organic material, entered into an agreement with Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, a NYSE-listed diversified energy company, on a project to remove excess organics from the poultry industry and convert it into renewable natural gas. In today’s Digest, project details, the anaerobic digestion tech behind it, 3 other projects in the works, startling statistics, how this deal will help create a more sustainable energy and waste system for Delaware and the surrounding regions, and more. One thing remains the same – poop is power and being able to actually use a waste product that would otherwise go to a landfill or incinerated and cause pollution either way is amazing progress for a more sustainable future. For one, we are now talking chicken shit instead of cow crap. The Digest covered lots of poop to power projects in December 2019, like Vanguard Renewables partnering up with Dominion Energy, Vanguard’s slide guide on poop-powered RNG, and University of Calgary’s latest discoveries with poop to plastics and biofuels. The program uses excess poultry organics to create sustainable, carbon-negative energy source to augment utility portfolios and the total project value is estimated to be in the $30-$40 million range over the term of the project, with Bioenergy DevCo committing to delivering up to 300,000 MMBtus of renewable natural gas annually. Big project news came in that Chesapeake Utilities Corporation entered into an agreement with Bioenergy DevCo to purchase biogas generated from organic materials at BDC’s facilities in Delaware which will be processed into renewable natural gas.
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