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VT farm to use manure, brewery waste to make natural gas

April 11, 2016, Salisbury, VT — A Vermont farm will transform manure, corn silage and brewery waste into pipeline-grade natural gas to sell to Middlebury College and Vermont Gas Systems.

The Vermont Public Service Board recently approved the project. The renewable natural gas facility will be located on the Goodrich family dairy farm in Salisbury.

Middlebury College expects to use 75 percent of the facility’s output to help achieve its carbon neutrality and campus sustainability goals. VGS will buy some or all of the remaining natural gas. READ MORE