Agricultural Digesters designs, engineers, and installs turnkey anaerobic digestion systems that convert livestock manure into biogas, renewable natural gas, and separated digestate products. It manages feasibility studies, permitting, incentive acquisition, and ongoing operations, allowing farms to sell electricity, heat, RNG, carbon credits, and fertilizer for diversified revenue.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Livestock operations generate large volumes of manure that are costly to manage, produce odors, contribute to nutrient runoff, and offer limited on‑farm revenue. Simultaneously, many farms lack the expertise and capital to develop renewable energy projects that could diversify income.
Solution
Agricultural Digesters partners with farms to design, engineer, and commission turnkey anaerobic digestion systems that convert manure and other organic feedstocks into biogas and value‑added digestate. The company conducts site‑specific feasibility studies, secures federal and state incentives (e.g., REAP, EQIP, ITC/PTC), and manages permitting, interconnection, and construction. Once operational, the digesters produce electricity, heat, or pipeline‑quality renewable natural gas (RNG) that can be sold to utilities, while the separated solid and liquid fractions are marketed as bedding, compost, or high‑availability fertilizer. Carbon credits and renewable energy certificates are also monetized, creating multiple, long‑term revenue streams for the host farm and reducing odor, methane emissions, and phosphorus runoff.
Target Audience
Mid‑size to large dairy and livestock farms seeking to improve profitability, meet environmental compliance, and access renewable energy markets; as well as agribusiness investors looking for stable, asset‑backed revenue streams.
Features
- Custom‑engineered complete‑mix anaerobic digesters (200 kW–1 MW) with modular scaling for 100–2 000 livestock units.
- Integrated feedstock handling and screw‑press digestate separation delivering solid bedding and liquid fertilizer fractions.
- Optional secondary phosphorus recovery (DAF or granulation) for certified organic fertilizer production.
- Biogas upgrading train (pressure swing adsorption or membrane) to generate RNG compliant with pipeline specifications.
- Combined heat‑and‑power (CHP) configuration for on‑site thermal loads and greenhouse heating.
- Automated performance monitoring and remote diagnostics via SCADA‑based cloud platform.
- Full grant application support, financial modeling (20‑year cash flow), and permitting services.
- Post‑launch operations and maintenance program, including routine equipment servicing and spare‑part logistics.