2006 AgSTAR National Conference

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 (19 pp, 469K)
Kurt Roos, AgSTAR Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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

Methane to Markets Mexico - Program Overview (16 pp, 650K)
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 (17 pp, 294K)
  Nathan J. Clark, Economist, Chicago Climate Exchange
• Carbon Credits: New Opportunities for U.S. Livestock Industry (26 pp, 863K)
  Jim Jensen, VP Business Development, Environmental Credit Corporation

Break

Utility Programs

• Diversifying Vermont Farms through Renewable Generation (38 pp, 4.2MB)
  David J. Dunn, Senior Energy Consultant, Central Vermont Public Service
• SMUD's Green Power Program - Sale of Biogas to an Electric Utility (18 pp, 535K)
  Ruth MacDougall, Project Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• Dairyland Power Cooperative's Methane Digester Projects (18 pp, 1.2MB)
  John McWilliams, Resource Planner, Dairyland Power Cooperative

Project Planning

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

Lunch and Speaker

The Agricultural Sector and Air Quality (25 pp, 1.7MB)
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 (9 pp, 589K)
  Marcus Martin, Production and Engineering, Martin Machinery
• Micro-turbine Systems for Energy Production on Ag Digestion (20 pp, 2.8MB)
  Jan Scott, President, Unison Solutions
• Air Quality Issues and Dairy Methane Digesters in CA (18 pp, 504K)
  Allen Dusault, Program Director, Sustainable Conservation

Centralized Manurial Biogas Production—Dealing with the Unanticipated

• Tillamook, Oregon Methane Energy Development Program (26 pp, 3MB)
  George DeVore, Port of Tillamook Bay
• Inland Empire Dairy Manure to Energy "Cow Power" Renewable Energy Program (37 pp, 1,512K)
  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 (26 pp, 2MB) Mark Moser, President, RCM Digesters, Inc.
• Steve Dvorak (9 pp, 2.2MB), President, GHD, Inc.
• Avoiding Digester Operating Pitfalls (8 pp, 499K) Michael Casper, Regional Manager, Microgy, Inc.
• Michael Zander (13 pp, 2.2MB), Chief Executive Officer, Biogas Direct LLC

Operation and Maintenance of Digester Systems – Operators' Perspectives

• Vir-Clar Farms (12 pp, 2.9MB) Gary Boyke, Vir-Clar Farms, Fond du Lac, WI
• Deere Ridge Dairy, Gordondale Farms (34 pp, 3.5MB) Gale Gordon, Gordondale Farms, Nelsonville, WI
• Guy Selsmeyer, Green Valley Dairy, Krakow, WI (no electronic presentation available)

Reception

Morning Refreshments

European Digester Technology (98 pp, 4.7MB)
Curt Gooch, Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University

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

Biogas Production on Wisconsin Farms—An Overview of Activities (35 pp, 6.9MB)
Larry Krom, Business Sector Manager, Wisconsin Focus on Energy

A Protocol for Quantifying and Reporting the Performance of Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Livestock Producers (14 pp, 34K)
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 (6 pp, 40K)
  John Crenshaw, Eastern Research Group

Background for Farm Tour (12 pp, 3.56MB)
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