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A B.C.-based renewable energy company is helping to fund three on-farm biodigesters that will use corn stover as a digester feedstock.
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New biodigester project aims to use corn stover

Three on-farm digesters are part of a project from B.C. and Ontario investors

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An Ontario project aims to use corn stover to feed biodigesters, forming a new market and use for corn stalks. EverGen, a British Columbia-based renewable energy company, has committed $1.5 million to help kickstart three southern Ontario on-farm biodigesters as part of a recently announced partnership deal called Project Radius.  Why it matters: Farms who […] Read more
The biogas digester being constructed on Nick Thurler’s farm near South Mountain.
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Ambitious plan aims to add 300 biodigesters

DFO vice-chair hopes to see Danish model for renewable natural gas adopted across Canada on dairy farms

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A co-operative-style company founded by Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) vice-chair Nick Thurler has taken its first step toward a goal of gaining access to 80 per cent of the country’s dairy manure for conversion into renewable natural gas (RNG). Thurler officially launched GET Corp,– and the sustainable agriculture program that forms its centrepiece, through […] Read more
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On-farm biodigester helps fuel garbage truck

Pilot project touted as a carbon-neutral ‘circular economy’

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In practical terms, it’s a paper transaction. But a new pilot project spearheaded by Enbridge Gas and the Bluewater Recycling Association (BRA) to run a garbage truck exclusively on renewable natural gas (RNG) from a methane digester on a southwestern Ontario dairy farm is being touted as a glimpse into a carbon-neutral, circular-economy future. Why […] Read more

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