digester
noun
di·gest·er
dī-ˈje-stər 
də-
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Emissions of the greenhouse gas, methane from manure generated by dairy operations is increasingly being converted to clean energy using anaerobic digesters.
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Steven Savage, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
California regulators have basically set up a pollution-trading scheme that pays corporate and foreign-owned farms to install massive digesters that chemically treat manure to produce gas.
—Darvin Bentlage, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
The resort’s next project is to build methane digesters to turn human waste into even more usable energy.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
At the other end of the digester, Bryant captures biogas composed of about 60 percent methane and 40 percent carbon dioxide.
—Wendee Nicole, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2014
However, environmental advocates also point to research that suggests digesters could worsen air quality in the San Joaquin Valley, California’s dairy belt, which already witnesses the nation’s highest levels of lung-aggravating particle pollution each year.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
But these digesters are expensive, running into the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, something Ribeiro says is prohibitive for dairies with fewer than 1,000 milking cows.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
Some farmers have chosen to partner with energy companies, adding their manure to an anaerobic digester to produce renewable energy.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
Be sure to pay your respects to the massive digester eggs on Deer Island.
—Patricia Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
Steven Savage, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
California regulators have basically set up a pollution-trading scheme that pays corporate and foreign-owned farms to install massive digesters that chemically treat manure to produce gas.
—Darvin Bentlage, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
The resort’s next project is to build methane digesters to turn human waste into even more usable energy.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
At the other end of the digester, Bryant captures biogas composed of about 60 percent methane and 40 percent carbon dioxide.
—Wendee Nicole, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2014
However, environmental advocates also point to research that suggests digesters could worsen air quality in the San Joaquin Valley, California’s dairy belt, which already witnesses the nation’s highest levels of lung-aggravating particle pollution each year.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
But these digesters are expensive, running into the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, something Ribeiro says is prohibitive for dairies with fewer than 1,000 milking cows.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
Some farmers have chosen to partner with energy companies, adding their manure to an anaerobic digester to produce renewable energy.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
Be sure to pay your respects to the massive digester eggs on Deer Island.
—Patricia Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
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