Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- August 18, 2009
Penn State Experts Promote Biogas as Alternative Energy at Ag Progress Days (:51)
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Suggested Intro:
PENN STATE RESEARCHERS AT AG PROGRESS DAYS ARE PROMOTING AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE FOR DAIRY PRODUCERS THAT COULD SAVE OR MAKE THEM MONEY AND REDUCE CONFLICTS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. MORE FROM CHUCK GILL:
Story:
(:13) DAIRY PRODUCERS WHO VISIT PENN STATE'S AG PROGRESS DAYS THIS WEEK CAN LEARN HOW A MAJOR WASTE PRODUCT CAN PRODUCE ENERGY AND PROMOTE GOOD NEIGHBOR RELATIONS. A DISPLAY IN THE AG RENEWABLE ENERGY TENT EXPLAINS THE BENEFITS OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS:
Topper Actuality:
(:12) "THE BIG ADVANTAGE OF AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTER IS WHEN YOU PUT RAW DAIRY MANURE IN, IT WILL COME OUT VERY, VERY REDUCED IN ODOR. SO WHEN THEY SPREAD THAT ON THEIR FIELDS FOR THE NUTRIENTS, NEIGHBOR COMPLAINTS HAVE DRASTICALLY BEEN REDUCED."(:09) THAT'S PAT TOPPER, A PENN STATE RESEARCHER IN AG AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, WHO SAYS THE BIOGAS PRODUCED BY MANURE DIGESTERS CAN BE BURNED TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY:
Topper Actuality:
(:05) "WE HAVE FARMS OUT THERE THAT MAKE THREE AND FOUR HUNDRED KILOWATTS PER HOUR FROM THEIR DAIRY FARMS."12) EXHIBITS, WORKSHOPS AND TOURS AT AG PROGRESS DAYS ALSO FEATURE BIODIESEL AND CELLULOSIC ETHANOL, MARCELLUS SHALE NATURAL GAS, AND OTHER ENERGY TOPICS. THE FREE EVENT RUNS THROUGH THURSDAY. FROM ROCK SPRINGS, I'M CHUCK GILL
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