Workshops/Conferences

Opening Remarks
Kurt Roos, AgSTAR Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Public-Private Partnership to Advance the Recovery and Use of Methane as a Clean Energy Source (PDF, 19 pp., 469 KB)
Kurt Roos, AgSTAR Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Livestock Waste Management Opportunities in S.E. Asia – M2M and World Bank Collaborative Project (PDF, 16 pp., 1,034 KB)
Kurt Roos, AgSTAR Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Methane to Markets Mexico - Program Overview (PDF, 16 pp., 650 KB)
Miguel Franco, PA Consulting

Open Discussion

Adjourn

Registration and Morning Refreshments

Welcome and Opening Comments
Kurt Roos, AgSTAR Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Rural Development and Renewable Energy
Thomas C. Dorr, Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Carbon Markets

• The Chicago Climate Exchange (PDF, 17 pp., 294 KB)
  Nathan J. Clark, Economist, Chicago Climate Exchange
• Carbon Credits: New Opportunities for U.S. Livestock Industry (PDF, 26 pp., 863 KB)
  Jim Jensen, VP Business Development, Environmental Credit Corporation

Break

Utility Programs

• Diversifying Vermont Farms through Renewable Generation (PDF, 38 pp., 4,229 KB)
  David J. Dunn, Senior Energy Consultant, Central Vermont Public Service
• SMUD's Green Power Program - Sale of Biogas to an Electric Utility (PDF, 18 pp., 535 KB)
  Ruth MacDougall, Project Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• Dairyland Power Cooperative's Methane Digester Projects (PDF, 18 pp., 1,168 KB)
  John McWilliams, Resource Planner, Dairyland Power Cooperative

Project Planning

Energy Audits and Feasibility Studies (PDF, 26 pp., 228 KB)
David Ludington, President, DLtech, Inc.

Lunch and Speaker

The Agricultural Sector and Air Quality (PDF, 25 pp., 1,672 KB)
Sally Shaver, Associate Counselor for Agricultural Policy,
Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Biogas Utilization Options and Issues

• Reciprocating Engines on Digester Gas (PDF, 9 pp., 589 KB)
  Marcus Martin, Production and Engineering, Martin Machinery
• Micro-turbine Systems for Energy Production on Ag Digestion (PDF, 20 pp., 2,754 KB)
  Jan Scott, President, Unison Solutions
• Air Quality Issues and Dairy Methane Digesters in CA (PDF, 18 pp., 504 KB)
  Allen Dusault, Program Director, Sustainable Conservation

Centralized Manurial Biogas Production—Dealing with the Unanticipated

• Tillamook, Oregon Methane Energy Development Program (PDF, 26 pp., 2,926 KB)
  George DeVore, Port of Tillamook Bay
• Inland Empire Dairy Manure to Energy "Cow Power" Renewable Energy Program (PDF, 37 pp., 1,512 KB)
  Neil Clifton, Manager of Engineering and Construction, Inland Empire Utilities Agency

Break

Building Manurial Biogas Systems—Developers Experience in Avoiding Construction and Operating Pitfalls

• Implementation Issues: What Doesn't Kill Us, Costs Us (PDF, 26 pp., 1,975 KB) Mark Moser, President, RCM Digesters, Inc.
• Steve Dvorak (PDF, 9 pp., 2,161 KB), President, GHD, Inc.
• Avoiding Digester Operating Pitfalls (PDF, 8 pp., 499 KB) Michael Casper, Regional Manager, Microgy, Inc.
• Michael Zander (PDF, 13 pp., 2,186 KB), Chief Executive Officer, Biogas Direct LLC

Operation and Maintenance of Digester Systems – Operators' Perspectives

• Vir-Clar Farms (PDF, 12 pp., 2,881 KB) Gary Boyke, Vir-Clar Farms, Fond du Lac, WI
• Deere Ridge Dairy, Gordondale Farms (PDF, 34 pp., 3,501 KB) Gale Gordon, Gordondale Farms, Nelsonville, WI
• Guy Selsmeyer, Green Valley Dairy, Krakow, WI (no electronic presentation available)

Reception

Morning Refreshments

European Digester Technology (PDF, 98 pp., 4,678 KB)
Curt Gooch, Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University

Comparison of the Performance of Two Plug-Flow Digesters for Dairy Cattle Manure (PDF, 17 pp., 1,089 KB)
John H. Martin, Principal, Hall Associates

Biogas Production on Wisconsin Farms—An Overview of Activities (PDF, 35 pp., 6,936 KB)
Larry Krom, Business Sector Manager, Wisconsin Focus on Energy

A Protocol for Quantifying and Reporting the Performance of Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Livestock Producers (PDF, 14 pp., 34 KB)
John H. Martin, Principal, Hall Associates

Break

Resources Available from AgSTAR

• AgSTAR Products and Update Overview of EPA's Methane to Markets Partnership
  Kurt Roos, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Introduction to FarmWare v.3.0 (PDF, 6 pp., 40 KB)
  John Crenshaw, Eastern Research Group

Background for Farm Tour (PDF, 12 pp., 3,568 KB)
Larry Krom, Business Sector Manager, Wisconsin Focus on Energy

Questions and Closure

Adjourn

Tour

Vir Clar Farm (Biogas Nord System)
Fond du Lac, WI

Lake Breeze Farm (GHD System)
Malone, WI