From stink to energy, Thumb farmers want to harness power of methane
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Proposals for anaerobic digesters in Huron County would use the manure from dairy cows to obtain methane gas for use as a natural gas. (Metro Creative Graphics/Tribune File Photo)
The smell that lingers over the Thumb’s dairy farms could soon be used as a source of power for the area.
Michael Meissner, the head of the Huron County board of commissioners’ agencies committee, said the Raleigh, North Carolina-based Bioenergy Systems LLC would be willing to invest $50 million in installing eight to 10 anaerobic digesters in the Upper Thumb to convert dairy cow manure into natural gas.