Acknowledgement:
Farm Digester at Suring, WI
This toolbox set was assembled and provided by Larry Krom of L & S Technical Associates, and originally provided for a series of conferences sponsored by the Wisconsin Agricultural Stewardship Initiative.
Many of the fact sheets and the Wisconsin Agricultural Biogas Casebook were developed through funding by the Focus on Energy Program.
Although many of the materials are Wisconsin-specific, we hope that this toolbox will be of assistance to anyone planning to install a biogas system for their own facility.
Montchevre Betin Digester, Belmont, WI
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Biogas Toolbox
Note: The materials below are provided exclusively for individual educational use, NOT for purposes of bulk copying, distribution or sales.
Documents are in Adobe PDF Format and will require Acrobat Reader
Toolbox - Anaerobic Digesters
Wisconsin Related
Contractors
- Anaerobic Digester Farm Contractor List 2008
- Anaerobic Digester Municipal-Industrial Contractor List 2008
Feasibility Study - Dane County Community Digester
The Dane Community Manure Feasibility Study
Committee had feasibility studies prepared on alternatives for livestock
manure management that would:
Allow the livestock
industry to continue to survive in Dane County
Protect
water quality
Protect open space
The feasibility study and other reports looked at various technologies, nutrient management, economics and financing conditions, the ability to meet environmental and bio-security requirements, ownership and management options and other relevant issues.
The following documents were compiled by Dane County for background information and are at the Dane County Lakes and Watershed website.
- 2009 Manure Management Facilities Plan
- Manure Management Feasibility for Dane County - Power Point
- Manure Management Feasibility Study Summary - Power Point
- Feasibility Report: Table of Contents
- Feasibility Report: Executive Summary
- Feasibility Report: Introduction
- Feasibility Report: Cluster Identification (16 MB)
- Feasibility Report: Technology review
- Feasibility Report: Design Basis and Financial Evaluations
- Feasibility Report: Non-monetary Issues
- Feasibility Report: Potential Financial Assistance
- Feasibility Report: Business Structures
- Feasibility Report: Conclusions and Recommendations
- Feasibility Report: Appendix A, Farmer Survey
- Feasibility Report: Appendix B, UW Platteville Summary
- Feasibility Report: Appendix C, Opinion of Costs
- 2006 RFP News Release
- 2006 Request for Proposals for a Manure Management Feasibility Study
- Manure Management Consultants
- Potential Technologies for Manure Management – November 2007
- Sand-Manure Separation Systems – November 2007
- Options for Managing Phosphorus from Manure
- Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater and Manure Through Hydroxylapatite Formation
- Struvite Formation for Phosphorus Removal - an Annotated Bibliography
- Community Manure Handling Systems Annotated Bibliography - November 2007
- Manure Management in Europe Annotated Bibliography
- Manure Management Annotated Bibliography
- 2003 Feasibility Study of Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure in Dane County
Case Studies, Performance Studies, Fact Sheets
- Wisconsin Agricultural Casebook 2009
- Wisconsin Agricultural Biogas Casebook 2008
- Agricultural Biogas Casebook 2004
- Update Agricultural Biogas Casebook 2002
- Agricultural Digesters & Methane Production -Alliant Energy
- Digester Project Development Timeline
- Gordondale Digester Study - Wisconsin
- Municipal Digester Potential Study - Wisconsin 2003
- Performance Analysis of Anaerobic Digestion Systems At Two Dairy Farms in Northeastern Wisconsin
- Producing Renewable Energy from Food Processing Waste - a Feasibility Study Guide Summary
- Quantum Dairy AD Case Study - Wisconsin
- Tinedale Farm Monitoring Study Final Report
Other States and National
- AA Dairy Study - New York
- Agricultural Digesters & Methane Production -Alliant Energy
- AgStar-Market Opportunities for Biogas Recovery Systems
- Centralized Digestion Fact Sheet Cornell Univ
- Craven Farms Digester Case Study - Oregon
- Digesters for Mid-Sized Farms - Minnesota Project
- Haubenschild Farm Digester Report - Minnesota
- Methane Recovery From Animal Manures - NREL
- NRCS Digester Standard 366
- Reduction of Selected Pathogens in Anaerobic Digestion Cornell Univ
- Spring Valley Small Dairy Digester Case Study - New York
Toolbox - Regulations Related to Biogas Energy Production
WI Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
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ACTP 40 Fertilizer and Related Products
ACTP 50 Soil and Water Resource Management
ACTP 51 Livestock Facility Siting
WI Department of Natural Resources
- WI DNR website - Manure Management
- WI DNR website - Air Pollution Control Rules (electric generating units, biodiesel, industrial wastewater treatment, etc.)
- NR 200 Application for Discharge Permits
- NR 243 Animal Feeding Operations
- NR 213 Industrial Lagoons and Storage Structures
- NR 214 Land Treatment of Industrial Liquid Wastes, By-Product Solids and Sludges
Toolbox - Wisconsin Interconnection Process
PSC 119 Rules for Interconnection
- PSC 6028-Application Form for 20 kW to 15 MW
- PSC 6030-Agreement Form for 20 kW to 15 MW
- Utility Data Release Form
- Utility Designated Points of Contact for Interconnection - July 2009
- Wisconsin Interconnection Guidelines-April, 2004
Toolbox - Electrical Codes
Wisconsin Electrical Codes
- Department of Commerce Chapter 16
- PSC 113-Service Rules for Electric Utilities
- PSC 114-Wisconsin State Electric Code
Toolbox - Tax Related
Federal - Internal Revenue Service Website for downloading:
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Publications,
Forms and Instructions
IRS Publication 946: How to
Depreciate Property
IRS Form 4562: Depreciation
and Amortization
IRS Instructions for Form 4562
IRS Form
3468: Investment Credit
IRS Instructions for
Form 3468
IRS Form 3800: General Business Credit
IRS Instructions for Form 3800
IRS Form 8835:
Renewable Electricity Production Credit
Note any requirements to review Alternative Minimum Tax or Tentative Minimum Tax.
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Department of Revenue
- Publication 123 Business Tax Credits
- Publication 203 Sales and Use Tax Information for Manufacturers (note WI definition of manufacturers)
- WI Schedule DI - Dairy and Livestock Investment Credit
- WI Schedule DM - Dairy Manufacturing Facility Investment Credit
Toolbox - Buyback Rates and Advanced Renewable Tariffs
Electric Buy-Back Rates for Biogas Production in Wisconsin
- Renewable Buyback Rates - Published Utility Tariffs at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
- Biogas Advanced Renewable Tariffs (ARTS) and Buyback Rates Overview for Wisconsin Utilities
Toolbox - Funding & Stimulus Opportunities
Wisconsin
USDA
Business and Cooperative Grant Assistance
- Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG Program)
- Rural Energy for America Program Grants/Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assist (REAP/EA/REDA)
- Rural Energy for America Program Grants Renewable Energy Systems/Energy Efficiency Improvement Program (REAP/RES/EEI)
- Rural Energy For America Program Grants (REAP Grants)
- Rural Economic Development Loan And Grant (REDLG)
- Rural Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG)
- Small Socially-Disadvantaged Producer Grant (SSDPG)
- Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG)
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