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Manure and food waste can be converted into renewable energy
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Ag-Grid Energy has found a way to take manure and food waste and convert it into electricity. The company takes the organic material as well as food waste in a 50 mile radius, and takes the carbon from it and turns it into...
USDA Official Visits Hytone Dairy Farm To See Anaerobic Digester in Action
The Family-Owned Farm Partnered with Ag-Grid Energy To Create Renewable Electricity Hytone Farm owner Gregory Peracchio led the tour when U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development Dr. Basil Gooden visited the Coventry,...
Two Promotions Announced as Ag-Grid Energy Bids Farewell to Food Waste Director Ken Verhelle
Ag-Grid Energy has announced the promotion of two staff members to fill the big shoes left behind by the departure of Ken Verhelle, Director, Food Waste Strategy & Operations. Ken has been with Ag-Grid for two years and his last day was May 24. Sherry Cotton...
CT Farmers use new tool to offset waste and produce electricity
The New London County Farm Bureau in Connecticut wants to get more anaerobic digesters on farms. The digesters take waste from cows and food and turn it into electricity and useful by-products that power local communities and help farmers. Rashi Akki is the CEO and...
Ag-Grid Energy Expands Leadership Team with Director of Project Management
Ryan Sands Brings Experience from Martin Construction ResourceFebruary 5, 2024 — Ag-Grid Energy, a pioneer in the carbon-negative production of electricity and RNG from cow manure and food waste, has announced the appointment of Ryan J. Sands, PE as Director of...
Ag-Grid Energy’s 5th Anaerobic Digester Project Begins Exporting Electricity
Partnership with Farmer Improves Dairy’s Economic and Environmental Sustainability COHOCTON, NY — Ag-Grid Energy LLC is proud to announce the December 2023 start-up of its anaerobic digester at Lent Hill Dairy Farm in Cohocton, NY. A partnership between Ag-Grid and...
Food Waste Logistics Expert Joins Ag-Grid Energy Team
Sherry Cotton Brings Experience from Casella Organics August 28, 2023 — Ag-Grid Energy, a pioneering producer of green electricity and RNG from cow manure and food waste, has announced the appointment of Sherry Cotton as Food Waste Logistics Manager. For the past...
WASTE TO ELECTRICITY: U.S. Sen. Murphy Learns About Anaerobic Digester
COVENTRY, CT — Ag-Grid Energy CEO Rashi Akki and Hytone Farm owner Greg Peracchio led a tour for U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) during his August 1 visit to learn about the farm’s anaerobic digester. The digester project, which received about $5M in state funding,...
Energy Operations & Risk Management Expert To Lead Ag-Grid Energy Growth Strategy
Umesh Akki Brings Experience from UGI Corporation, Exelon, Constellation and PECO June 26, 2023 — Ag-Grid Energy, a pioneering producer of green electricity and RNG from cow manure and food waste, has announced the appointment of Umesh Akki, Ph.D., as Chief Operating...
Ag-Grid Energy Commissions Hytone Renewable Electricity Facility in Partnership with UGI Energy Services
UGI Corporation has announced that its subsidiary, UGI Energy Services and Ag-Grid Energy commissioned a new renewable electricity facility at Hytone Farm in Coventry, CT. The new facility was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 8. Read more at...
On-farm Renewable Energy Educational Series
Introduction to Current Regulatory Environment — What Dairy Farmers Need to Know Legislation affecting the biofuels industry is constantly changing. This webinar explains how recent changes in New York may affect the projects that Ag-Grid Energy is developing in...
Lent Hill Dairy Digester Under Construction
Construction of two anaerobic digesters is progressing at Lent Hill Dairy in Cohocton, NY. The digester project is a partnership between farm owner Paul Wolcott and Ag-Grid Energy. This is Ag-Grid Energy's first project in New York. Four completed dairy digester...