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Vermont Gas will start work on a 5-mile pipeline along Shard Villa Road that connects the farm with the company’s pipeline network in Addison County.The Goodrich Family Farm anaerobic digester will produce the largest amount of energy or RNG of any digester in Vermont. It will process 100 tons of manure from the farm and 165 tons of organic food waste per day. Vanguard plans to source the organic food waste from local and Vermont-based food manufacturers including Cabot Creamery. Vanguard Renewables and Agri-Mark Cabot Creamery Cooperative won the 2016 American Biogas Council Agricultural Project of the Year for the Farm Powered* anaerobic digester project at Barstow’s Longview Farm in Hadley, Mass.The Goodrich Farm digester will produce 140,000 Mcf per year. (A Mcf is 1,000 cubic feet of Renewable Natural Gas.) The College will buy 100,000 Mcf of the gas from Vanguard and Vermont Gas will purchase the remainder.Once the digester is operating, the College will use oil at its heating plant only as a back-up energy source during extreme cold weather or other emergency situations. “We’re especially excited about this project because it’s our first partnership with a college and our first digester in Vermont,” said John Hanselman, executive chairman of Vanguard. “Middlebury College, Goodrich Farm, and Vermont Gas are setting a new example that can be replicated across the country.”“We are thrilled to be a part of this unique and innovative project that will deliver a new, local source of renewable energy to Middlebury College and others,” said Don Rendall, president and CEO of Vermont Gas. “Vermont Gas is proud to be the first local distribution company in the country to offer the choice of renewable natural gas service to our customers. A local source, hosted by a Vermont family farm, serving a world-renowned Vermont college, is a big step forward in advancing Vermont’s clean energy future.”Jack Byrne, director of sustainability integration at the College, noted that the project would also offer valuable academic benefits for Middlebury students and faculty. “This is an important step for Middlebury College from an operational standpoint but it will also offer multiple educational and research opportunities for our students just as our biomass plant has,” said Byrne.*Farm Powered is a trademark of Vanguard Renewables. About Middlebury CollegeFounded in 1800, Middlebury is unique in being a classic liberal arts college that also offers graduate and specialized programs operating around the world. Although its international focus is strong, Middlebury is rooted in Vermont, where its history is entwined with the state, Addison County, and the town of Middlebury where it is located. Middlebury has established itself as a leader in campus environmental initiatives, with an accompanying educational focus on environmental issues in Vermont and around the globe. About Vanguard RenewablesThe Vanguard Renewables Farm Powered Organics to Energy Lifecycle solves organic waste disposal challenges and supports the American farmer. Our scalable, closed-loop Farm Powered anaerobic digestion process converts farm and food waste into energy. About Vermont GasVermont Gas Systems is a leader in energy efficiency and innovation, offering a clean, safe, affordable choice for over 50,000 homes, businesses, and institutions in Franklin, Chittenden and Addison counties. The company plays an important role in Vermont’s clean energy future by displacing higher-emitting fuels and with its award-winning energy efficiency programs. Digester Project Fact SheetWho is Vanguard Renewables?Vanguard Renewables develops, constructs, owns, and operates Farm Powered Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facilities that provide a closed loop organics (food and agricultural waste) to energy lifecycle solution. Our digesters sustain American farms, enable organic waste ban compliance, reduce Green House Ga... (Vermont Biz)
Triple-A Las Vegas. At a minimum, Addison Reed and Asdrubal Cabrera should be ex-Mets, with Lucas Duda, Jay Bruce, Curtis Granderson and the rehabilitating Neil Walker (in that order, I’d handicap it) possibilities to join them. Once Duda’s departure frees up first base, Dominic Smith will be ready to step in his place.“We knew what situation we were in,” Bruce said Sunday. “We knew what we were up against. We’ve played better baseball of late, but I’m not really able to say yet whether that’s going to be enough or not.”Sandy Alderson said on July 14, hours before this homestand’s opener, that the Mets would need to play “exceedingly well” in order to shift the front office’s stance from sellers to buyers. Sunday’s loss tagged them with a 6-4 mark, with series victories over Oakland and the Rockies and a four-game split with the Cardinals.“Six and four, sometimes that’s not good enough,” Terry Collins said, letting some reality seep through his public optimism. “Eight and two is good enough.”So count on Reed, the guy likely to get the biggest return, to go by the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. Cabrera, despite saying, “I hope [I’m]” still a Met upon the team’s return home, has to know in his veteran heart that he’s a goner. A crowded scout area here Sunday featured eyes and ears from the Diamondbacks, Red Sox, Indians, Dodgers, Mariners and Yankees; the Dodgers and Red Sox make plenty of sense as a landing spot for Reed, and the Sawx, Cleveland and Seattle all could use Cabrera to upgrade their infields.(The Yankees could still wind up with Duda, or his Sunday counterpart Yonder Alonso of the A’s, if the price drops low enough. Duda —... (New York Post)
