Dive Summary:

• Plans are underway to create a biogas facility at the largest dairy farm in the state of Wisconsin.
• Upon completion, the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh will produce 1.4 megawatts of electricity from cattle waste, sufficient energy to power 1,200 homes.
• The new biodigester will generate, capture and combust methane from 8,500 cows that create 240 tons of manure every day.

From the article:

Sale of the energy produced by the biodigester will help generate carbon credits for UWO and reduce the university’s carbon neutrality goal.

The biodigester is the third energy-from-waste collaboration the UWO Foundation has entered into.

University officials expect construction to be completed by Dec. 31.