First gas realised from New York dairy farm
A joint venture between US major Chevron and holding company Brightmark said November 1 they had delivered the first batch of natural gas using manure sourced from a New York dairy farm as feedstock.
The joint venture said gas was delivered from its Lawnhurst site in western New York. The Lawnhurst dairy farm is one of three in the state committed to the so-called Helios Project. All three have committed to providing manure that will feed on-site anaerobic digesters to yield biomethane, which has been dubbed renewable natural gas (RNG) by the industry.
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“The digesters are designed to capture, extract, and clean the methane in the manure, then convert it into renewable natural gas,” Brightmark explained.
Brightmark in February joined forces with Chevron, announcing plans to inject equity into a joint venture that would build and operate five dairy biomethane projects in Michigan and Arizona.
The partners announced in August that “additional equity investments” would support the construction of the infrastructure necessary to bring 10 dairy farm-sourced methane projects to commercial service.
"Achieving first gas at Lawnhurst Farms is a tremendous milestone not only for the Lawnhurst Project, but also for Brightmark's RNG production ambitions as a whole," said Bob Powell, founder and chief executive officer of Brightmark.