U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) recently announced that Ohio companies will receive more than $10 million to install biodigester projects in Cuyahoga, Morrow, Paulding, Summit, Wayne, and Williams counties. The funding was awarded through a competitive process by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), with the goal of expanding clean energy production, reducing energy costs, improving water quality, and creating jobs.
Anaerobic digesters, called biodigesters, convert organic matter in manure into a valuable biogas, also known as methane, which can be used to heat facilities, and converted to electricity or compressed natural gas—an alternative motor vehicle fuel. Installation of biodigesters to manage livestock manure open markets for agricultural producers to break into the clean energy economy.
Click here to view Brown’s full press release and additional details about the methane digester projects that received funding.