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Author(s): Dave West
Publication Date: January 1, 2004
Reference: Banff Pork Seminar 2004
Country: Canada

Summary:

The issue of capturing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and the sequestering of carbon credits is a new and emerging field for the agricultural sector. One of the biggest incentives on the horizon appears to be the sale of carbon credits. In 2001, BioGem Power Systems Inc. obtained the rights to an anaerobic digestion process that was being used in Europe to capture methane generated from manure from intensive livestock operations. One of these digesters was built in East Central Alberta. This reduces GHG emissions and has the potential for a carbon credit value that will allow producers to received financial gain from new technology. The benefits of this system include using the heat generated by the system in the barn and passing the processed manure through a water treatment plant to in turn be used by the producer in the barn. Costs of a facility like the one in Alberta would be in the range of $2.5 million and would include the cost of the water treatment facility. The plants can be customized to the producers’ specific needs and conditions. A control system such as the ISO system used in many other industries will likely be developed to be the basis for measuring, quantifying, auditing and reporting GHG emissions and subsequent carbon credits.

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