Fremont Digester Turns Food Waste into Energy
Under new ownership and with an infusion of $3.5 million in improvements, the Fremont Regional Digester in Fremont is again running, turning commercial food waste into energy and producing digestate, a fertilizer being used by area farmers.
The digester was built in 2013, but faulty engineering led to nonstop odor complaints from neighbors. It went into bankruptcy and was bought in 2017 by Generate Capital. It went online in 2018 and has been ramping up production ever since, now operating at about 80% capacity.
By Farm Progress