Ellington Dairy Farm Becomes First in Connecticut to Make Natural Gas from Cow Manure
A farm in Ellington, Connecticut, made history Thursday when it became the first in the state to install a methane digester that converts cow manure into natural gas.
This project at Oakridge Dairy Farm has been years in the making. The new machinery they're using, called a methane digester, takes cow manure and converts it into a renewable natural gas that will be put into a pipeline to help run cars and heat homes in Connecticut. It is expected to run between 800 to 900 cars for a year worth of gas production. About 70,000 gallons of manure per day go into the methane digester. The farm is expected to send the first shipment of natural gas in October.