Animal Waste Technology Projects

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1 Animal Waste Technology Projects

2 RFP Eligibility Requirements Proven technology (not research) Farm partner/s identified and on board Site identified and secured Technologies must address nitrogen & phosphorus reduction or improve manure management on MD animal operations Proponent or subcontractors must have 3 years experience with technology

3 Animal Waste Technology Projects projects ANIMAL TYPE/LOCATION Poultry Murphy Farms/Dorchester County Biomass Heating Solutions Inc. (BHSL) Annapolis, MD Green Mountain Technologies, Inc. (GMT) Bainbridge Island, WA Horse Days End Farm / Howard County STATE FUNDING $970,000 $150,790 TECHNOLOGY Fluidized bed (Thermochemical) In vessel composter/turnkey Green Mountain Technologies, Inc. (GMT) Bainbridge Island, WA Dairy Cattle Iager Farm /Frederick County $237,520 In vessel composter/turnkey Planet Found Energy Development (PFED) Berlin, MD 2015 project Poultry Millenium Farms/Worcester County $676,144 Anaerobic digestion with nutrient separating system Renewable Oil International MD, LLC Poultry Wicomico County $ 1,175,943 rapid thermal decomposition or fast pyrolysis

4 Biomass Heating Solutions (BHSL) Utilize poultry litter from 10 existing & 4 new houses (3650 tons/yr) Combustion process result in hot water & electricity Use for heating 2 new poultry houses European facilities -heat accelerated bird growth & improved bird health Sell excess electricity to grid By-product is high phosphorus (w/potash) ash (potential market for fertilizer product blending) approx 8% of manure volume

5 Biomass Heating Solutions (BHSL)

6 Green Mountain Technologies In vessel composting (storage & curing of manure contained) System monitored on & off-site- temperature, moisture etc Reduce nutrient solubility and volume & nutrient content 50-60% End product uses- bedding or sale as nursery planting medium, landscaping medium, or crop production fertilizer input

7 Green Mountain Technologies

8 Planet Found Energy Development Anaerobic Digester linked with Nutrient Capture System Poultry litter from 6 houses turned into slurry Slurry processed through anaerobic digester to produce methane for heat & electricity Particulate fraction treated w/struvite to extract phosphorus and nitrification/denitrification system removes ammonia Solids dried 4:1 or 5:1 project N:P ratio

9 Planet Found Energy Development Methane used to heat and run system and excess capacity to supply energy to farm Partitioned nutrient by-products will be marketed/used for fertilizer products Dried solids considered slow release fertilizer product w/improved N:P ratio

10 Planet Found Energy Development

11 2014 Project status Project Status Biomass Heating Solutions Inc. Inc. (BHSL)-poultry project -Instrumentation of of poultry houses initiated for for Dorchester pre-technology conditions comparison- currently plan plan to to run run for for 2 or 2 more flocks - - Technology installation scheduled to to begin in November, UMD 3 rd 3 rd party monitoring contracts for for bird bird health, system performance and and nutrient budget impacts -Environmental Finance Ctr Ctr contract -economic analysis of of system in in farm farm context -Contract extended 6 6 months Green Green Mountain Mountain Technologies, Technologies, Inc. Inc. (GMT)-dairy (GMT)-dairy projectproject- -construction completed 10/15 Frederick -construction completed 10/15 Frederick -Environmental -Environmental Finance Finance Ctr Ctr contract contract -economic -economic analysis analysis of of system system in in farm farm context context -ARS -USDA, conducting ARS conducting 3 rd party monitoring 3 rd party monitoring Green Mountain Technologies, Inc. (GMT) horse Green Mountain Technologies, Inc. (GMT) horse -System installed 9/15 project- Howard -System installed 9/15 project- Howard -Calibration period, full operation expected 11/15 -Calibration period, full operation expected 11/15 -contract extended 3 months -contract extended 3 months -Environmental Finance Ctr -economic analysis of -Environmental Finance Ctr -economic analysis of system in farm context system in farm context -ARS conducting 3 rd party monitoring -USDA, ARS conducting 3 rd party monitoring

12 Project Planet Found Energy Development (PFED) poultry project Worcester Status -Installed Anaerobic Digester tanks/equipment -Amended contract to include regional scale nutrient separator- 3/15 -UMD 3 rd party monitoring contract -6/15 -Installation of nutrient separator projected for 4/16 -contract extension pending

13 Renewable Oil International Rapid thermal decomposition or fast pyrolysis Process reduces the volume of litter by % Co products are bio-oil, bio-char and syngas Identified markets or end uses for these by-products include use of bio-oil as an asphalt extender, use of biochar to enhance compost and use of syngas as a heat source in the process Demonstration farm scale; commercialization would be at community or regional scale

14 Renewable Oil International

15 Future Projects Developing RFP w/animal Waste Technology Advisory Committee input Available Funding $2.5 million Release early December,2015 Deadline- March, 2015 Awards- June, 2015