Chittenden Solid Waste District & Vanguard Renewables Organic Recycling Facility August 26, 2020 Vermont is Showing America How to Get It Done
Organic Materials Come in Many Shapes and Forms FARM POWERED FOOD WASTE RECYCLING PROCESS FATS, OILS, WASH PACKAGED DISCARDED FOOD DISCARDED FOOD WASTE GREASE WATER WASTE Front of House Back of House
The Key to Greater Recovery of Organics is De-Packaging FARM POWERED FOOD WASTE RECYCLING
The Guiding Principals of Vanguard Renewables’ Organic Recycling FARM POWERED SUSTAINABILITY Vanguard’s Commitment to Vermont ▪ Recycling Organic Wastes into Renewable Energy ▪ Sustaining New England’s Dairy industry ▪ Provide access for organic recycling to all VT residents ▪ Return organic nutrients to Vermont’s soil ▪ Improve Champlain Valley watershed quality ORF Specific ▪ Provide appropriate odor control ▪ Provide appropriate vector control ▪ Size the facility for all the future needs of the community ▪ Have adequate on-site storage ▪ Educate the community to the possibilities of recycling food
5 Vanguard Renewables – U.S. Farm-based Anaerobic Digestion Leader FARM POWERED SUSTAINABILITY ▪ Develops, owns and operates Farm Powered organic waste to renewable energy facilities nationwide ▪ Two operating platforms: ▪ Co-digestion D5 RNG farm waste and food waste AD facilities with its investment partner, Vision Ridge, and financing partners, CoBank and Farm Credit East ▪ Manure-only D3 RNG AD facilities in $200+ million partnership with Dominion Energy ▪ Largest food waste recycler in the Northeast with capacity to process more than 500 tons of food waste per day ▪ Multi-year strategic alliance with Dairy Farmers of America ▪ Committed to working in Vermont to show America how to impact climate change through green power, sustainable processing of organics, and supporting the American dairy farmer
How Farm Powered TM Anaerobic Digestion Works FARM POWERED SUSTAINABILITY INPUTS OUTPUTS FARM-BASED ANAEROBIC Renewable Natural Gas = Carbon DIGESTION Neutrality Heat for the Farm Cow Manure and Food Waste Enhanced Fertilizer GHG Reduction
Vanguard’s Portfolio of Facilities FARM POWERED FOOD WASTE RECYCLING Salisbury VT Under Construction Bar-Way Farm, Inc. Deerfield, MA Crescent Farm Haverhill, MA Kinderhook, NY Coming Soon Jordan Dairy Farms Rutland, MA Barstow’s Longview Farm Hadley, MA Jordan Dairy Farms Spencer, MA Organics Recycling/ Depackaging Facility Agawam, MA Vanguard Renewables HQ Wellesley, MA Amenia, NY Coming Soon
Agawam ORF – Site summary FARM POWERED SUSTAINABILITY Item Description Building 13,200 sf, 24 ft to 40ft height 3 roll up doors - dock/ Tip pit Separator Scotts Thor Turbo Separator – 30 TPH max Wet/ Dry system Storage 1,500 sf interior storage 1x10,000 3x 15,000 interior tanks Scale Fairbanks axle scale Slurry Pump HD Organics Pump 240 GPM Odor Control System 24,000 CFM - 6 air changes/ hr
Agawam ORF – Site layout FARM POWERED SUSTAINABILITY
Agawam ORF – Building layout FARM POWERED SUSTAINABILITY
Agawam ORF – Building Elevation FARM POWERED SUSTAINABILITY
Agawam ORF – THOR Turbo Separator FARM POWERED SUSTAINABILITY Durability ✓ Stainless steel construction ✓ 100 HP drive motor Swing Hammers ✓ Prevents operations downtime ✓ Reduces maintenance costs ✓ Ability to process wider range of material Scotts THOR Turbo Separator Max Processing Capacity 30 TPH Additional capacity ✓ 10-30 TPH Electrical Consumption 140 KW (4.7 KW/ TPH) ✓ Ability to scale processing Dry processing capability Yes with incoming material US Installations 170 Total Installations 370 Parts manufactured in US Yes Capital cost (Separator Only) $332,830 ($11k/ TPH) Operating cost $.80 $/ton - $1.25 $/ton
Proposed Structure for CSWD De-Packaging Facility FARM POWERED SUSTAINABILITY Vanguard’s Commitment ▪ Provide 90% of total Capital Cost for the facility ▪ Operate the facility for 20 years ▪ Pay ground rent for the term of the lease ▪ Pay profit sharing after recovery of invested capital ▪ Open facility for any participants in the community CSWD’s Commitment ▪ Provide as much of the Capital Costs as desirable ▪ Provide 20 year ground lease ▪ Provide feedstock after compost minimum has been met ▪ Mutually set annual tip fees ▪ Educate the community to the possibilities of recycling food
John B. Hanselman jhanselman@vanguardrenewables.com 617-480-1448 Vangu guar ard Renewables 15 15 Walnut Street, Suite 308, Wellesley MA 02481 www.vanguardrenewables.com
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