Vermont Renewable Gas lands $1M USDA grant for 2.2MW farm biogas plant

In Iowa, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development will invest $1 million to help construct a 2,200 kilowatt (kW) farm methane gas digester plant operated by Vermont Renewable Gas in Lyndon, Vermont. The plant will be located at Industrial Parkway in Lyndonville, Vermont. Woody biomass will be put through a

High Temperature Ablative Pyrolysis (HTAP) reactor system to generate fuel gas and biochar as a byproduct. The interconnecting utility is Village of Lyndonville Electric Department. Generating an estimated 18,590,930 kilowatt hours (kWh) of power valued at $2,602,730 annually, the plant will also produce nearly 1600 tons of biochar, valued at $479,510. The grants come from the Rural Energy for America (REAP) program.