Gas from Tulare County Dairy Farms being delivered to Calgren, SoCalGas

Joey Airoso's dairy was the first to start delivering methane gas to Calgren Renewable Fuels last August.

He has nearly 3,000 dairy cows at his Pixley farm. All of them produce waste, and the storage of manure contributes to methane emissions. But now, a device called a digester captures the potent greenhouse gas, and the pipeline delivers it to Calgren, about three miles away from his farm. His digester is part of a cluster in the Pixley area developed by Calgren and Maas Energy Works, and one of three already online delivering gas to Calgren. "It kept our on-farm responsibilities really similar to what we were already doing, and that's making manure and pushing it and separating," Airoso said. "And really the only process is adding it into this pond, where we're capturing the gas."

Originally Published by: Action News 30

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