"New Biogas Plant: BC Farmer Plans to Convert Manure into Renewable Energy" article published in Manure Management magazine, January/February 2010 edition. Read the full article here.
Ledgecroft Farms Celebrates the Completion of its Anaerobic Digester Project with Open House
Saturday, November 21, 2009
On Saturday, November 21st PlanET, with the help of DDACE Power Systems, Organic Resource Management Inc. and Farm Credit Canada, hosted an Open House for the Green family at Ledgecroft Farms in Seeley’s Bay, Ontario (North of Kingston). Approximately 400 people, neighbours, friends, politicians, and parties interested in biogas, visited the farm throughout the afternoon. The event provided Ledgecroft Farms with the opportunity to open their completed anaerobic digester project to the public. Visitors were guided through the farm by an informative brochure and well-placed signs describing the important components of the system.
The Ledgecroft Farms biogas plant is based around a 1,500 m3 anaerobic digester vessel where organic inputs are transformed into biogas by way of a biological process. Manure is transferred directly into the digester while other off-farm inputs are pasteurized first (held at 70 °C for one hour) before entering the digester. The gas produced in the digester is burned in a 500 kW Jenbacher biogas engine-generator set that produces electricity for sale to the local grid. The final commissioning at Ledgecroft Farms is underway and the biogas plant will be producing electricity for the Hydro One grid within a couple weeks.
For more information about this project please contact info@planet-biogas.ca
PlanET Biogas Solutions Inc Wins 2009 St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce Eco Action Award
Thursday, November 5, 2009
PlanET Biogas Solutions was launched in 2006 as a joint venture between
Martin Lensink and German-based PlanET Joint Venture. The venture combined
the research of Mr. Lensink, a St. Catharines engineer working in the
field of anaerobic digestion, and the construction technology of PlanET
biogas plants in Germany and Holland.
PlanET Biogas Solutions specializes in the production of electricity
through the process of anaerobic digestion – a process in which microorganisms
break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen producing
a renewable fuel source. This renewable fuel – when captured properly
– is converted to produce electricity.
The company designed and constructed the first biogas plant for Bayview
Flowers in Jordan Station. The plant now produces enough
energy to run a 250kW engine supplying the greenhouse with electricity
and heat, and with enough excess electricity to be sold back to the
grid to operate approximately 300 homes.
As part of the system’s digestion, the Bayview plant uses dog kibble
surplus from a factory in Toronto, which has helped to reduce methane
gas emissions though the diversion of this by-product. The leftover
material from the digester, a liquid called digestate, contains high
levels of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium- which has become a valuable
fertilizer.
The company has also completed projects in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and
is developing plants in Eastern Ontario and British Columbia with installations
in the United States to commence in 2010.
PlanET Biogas Solutions is a true leader in renewable energy development.
