Organics Management Powerhouses

A National Outlook on Waste Streams, Products Produced, and New Markets and Policies

Patrick Serfass, Executive Director June 3, 2014 | Madison

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American Biogas Council: The Voice of the US Biogas Industry

The only U.S. organization representing the biogas and anaerobic digestion industry Over 200 Organizations from the U.S., Germany, Italy, Canada, Sweden, Belgium and the UK All Industry Sectors Represented:

project developers/owners anaerobic digestion designers equipment and supply chain companies waste managers waste water companies farms composters utilities consultants and EPCs financial firms

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What goes INTO a biogas system?

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Manure

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Wastewater Solids

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Green Waste

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Food Waste

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Food Waste

What wastes are BEST for making biogas?

25x manure 10x manure

35x manure

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http://www.americanbiogascouncil.org/biogas_howSystemsWork.asp 11

What comes OUT of a biogas system?

(gas, solid and liquid products)

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Electricity

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Heat

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Fuels

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Soil Products

Other Products

• Products that use methane as a feedstock – e.g., diesel replacements, hydrogen, chemicals,

biopreferred products

• Nutrients – e.g., phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, struvite

pellets

• CO2 – e.g., greenhouses, carbonation

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Summary of Systems

18 Frear,C. (2013) Review of Emerging Nutrient Recovery Technologies and Discussion on Performance/Cost Structures for WSU/DVO Integrated Approach - Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 2

192 on Farm

(Dairy AND Swine)

1,238 Wastewater (860 use their biogas )

594 at Landfills

2,000+ Operational

Biogas Systems

12,000+ Potential

Biogas Systems

8,200 on Farm

(Dairy AND Swine)

4,200 Wastewater

540 at Landfills

U.S. Biogas Market – Current and Potential

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Digester PRODUCTS market potential*

$2.9 Billion

*agricultural sector only

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Clover Hill Dairy, Wisconsin 1,250 cows 300kW power

Dairy + Co-Products (WI)

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Crave Bros./Clear Horizons +1,900 dairy cow manure plus cheese plant waste +633kW + Digested materials: animal bedding, EnerGro Potting Mix, liquid fertilizer +$$ from potting mix and farm bedding = 2/3 of all income from the biogas system +Similar story @ Mason Dixon Farms in PA

Food + Yard Waste (CA)

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Zero Waste Energy +San Jose, CA +90,000 tons/year +1.6 MW electricity + CHP +Digested Material: high quality compost +Phase 2 completed +Phase 3: Turning residential food waste into biogas for vehicles

Food Waste (CA)

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Sacramento, CA +Awarded International Bioenergy Project of the Year (2013) +40,000 tons/year of food waste +700,000/year diesel gallon equivalents of renewable CNG +fueling Atlas waste haulers and city vehicles

Wastewater + Dairy (CA)

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Biogas Project Profiles www.americanbiogascouncil.org/projects

Policy Diverting Organics/

Requiring Organics Recycling

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Top 11 States to Implement Organics Recycling?

CA, WI, NY, MD, MA, MN, OR, PA, NC, NJ, WA 28

Mandates, Incentives — Food Waste Recycling 2009 • San Francisco: Mandatory participation in curbside composting—residential and

commercial 2011 • CT: Public Act 11-217 — commercial source separated organics 2012 • VT: Universal Recycling Law, Act 148—all organics, including residential, by 2020 2013 • CT: Public Act 13-285 (update to 2011) —Generators > 2 tons/wk within 20 miles of facility • NYC: Local Law 146-2013 — large-scale commercial food waste generators 2014 • MA: 310 CMR 19.000 regulations — Disposal ban effective 10/1/14 • CA AB 1826: Mandatory Commercial Food Waste Recycling (pending) • RI: An Act Relating to Health and Safety-Food Residuals Recycling (pending) • MD: Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Facilities-Yard Waste and Food Residuals

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Federal Policy TAX • Tax reform (create new tax incentives that are technology agnostic and not only electricity

based) • Tax extenders (renew the production and investment tax credits)

WORK WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES • National Biogas Roadmap • Responses to recent RFIs on DOE’s Loan Guarantee Program and Biofuels initiatives • Traditional education and outreach

FARM BILL “WIN” THIS YEAR RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD

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Your Next Steps:

1. Sign up for ABC’s FREE Biogas News 2. Join the American Biogas Council (dues start at $75 and $1250)

Both can be done at www.AmericanBiogasCouncil.org

Patrick Serfass, Executive Director American Biogas Council 1211 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 202.640.6595 info@americanbiogascouncil.org (yes, it will come to my inbox)

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Other projects

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Food + Yard Waste (CT)

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Central Connecticut Organics Recycling Facility +Near Hartford, CT +75,000 tons/year of municipal and commercial organics (Food, yard and woody waste) +16 municipalities contributing + 1.4 MW + CHP +Digested Material: high quality compost and engineered soil products +Construction: late 2014 +Commissioning: late 2015

Food Waste + Biosolids (FL)

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Harvest Energy Garden +130,000 tons per year of biosolids, fats, oils, grease, and food waste—mostly from Walt Disney Resorts and hotels +3.2 MW of installed power generation +2.2 MW of recoverable heat +Digested material: class AA granular fertilizer and phosphorous-rich Struvite sold as a fertilizer additive

Food Waste (OR)

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Junction City, Oregon +first food waste biogas system in NW US +25,000 tons/year +1.6 MW electricity + CHP +Can power half the homes in Junction City +Digested Material: sold as liquid and solid fertilizer products

East Bay MUD + 2011: 40 tons/day of post consumer food waste, 240,000 gal/day of food processing waste + generates 90% of 5MW needed + ramping up to 120 tons/day of post consumer food

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Wastewater + Food (CA)

Dairy + Co-Products (ID) AgPower +15,000 Cow Dairy in Jerome, Idaho +largest animal-based biogas project in US +4.5 MW Capacity (2,400+ avg U.S. homes) +Produces “Magic-Dirt” +Offers to farms: -No farm capital required -Lower manure handling costs, less odor, and insects -Reduction of farm issues related to soil nutrient loading and methane -Waste heat, fertilizer, bedding at no cost

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Biogas + Ethanol (KS) Himark BioGas/Western Plains Energy +Biogas and ethanol (50M gal/yr) production +Biogas Inputs: cattle feedlot manure, ethanol plant waste, slaughter-house waste and municipal organics, rich in sand, dirt, rocks, plastic, and cellulose. +Biogas offsets fossil natural gas in ethanol plant (13MW equiv.) +Digested materials fertilize largest plot of sweet sorghum in US

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Municipal Wastewater (MA) Deer Island Wastewater +360 MGD +12 3million gallon digesters +Accepts food waste +98% of heating demands met with biogas, saving $15-20M/yr. +$2-3M/yr. more saved in electricity and green energy credits. +Digested material is dried, pelletized, sold as 1) commercial ag product, 2) coal substitute and 3) local fertilizer product.

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DC Water +largest advanced wastewater facility in world +370 MGD wastewater +$400 million project +13 MW generated, uses 26 MW +saves $10M/year in electricity costs + $15M/year in other costs (30 fewer truck trips to the landfill/day) +Wants to sell digested material products to Home Depot +100% emergency power if major failure +operational 2015

Municipal Wastewater

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Anheuser Busch Brewery +first 4 digesters installed in 1991in Baldwinsville, NY +1.5 million gal/day of wastewater + biogas recovered replaces 15% of brewery’s fuel needs and 60% of electricity + electric power reduction from digester use = 9 million kWh/year

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70% of the electricity from food waste

Manure Digester + Food Waste

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