Fuel From Dairy Manure, Now Powered By the Sun: Maas Energy Works Completes Solar Power Project

In late September, Maas Energy Works successfully completed a $6.4 million project to power its Lakeside Pipeline dairy biogas upgrading facility with solar electricity, offsetting approximately 90% of the plant's power consumption.

Lakeside Pipeline, located near Hanford, processes manure from more than 10 dairy farms, to generate biogas fuel. That biogas is purified, compressed, and injected into the natural gas pipeline to create millions of gallons per year of carbon-negative transportation fuel. And now, that work is being done using solar power. Lakeside Pipeline partner and dairy farmer Bernard TeVelde stated, “Over 207 California dairies, including my own, operate solar fields. Now this project represents a significant milestone: it’s the country’s first large-scale dairy biogas facility that’s almost fully powered by solar energy.” So, in an industry based on harvesting energy from manure, Maas Energy Works is now also harvesting energy from the sun. The solar installation spans over 17.5 acres and is designed to generate approximately 9 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually.

Originally Published by: The Sentinel

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