Who is Vanguard Renewables?
Vanguard Renewables develops, constructs, owns, and operates Farm Powered Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facilities that provide a closed loop organics (food and agricultural waste) to energy lifecycle solution. Our digesters sustain American farms, enable organic waste ban compliance, reduce Green House Gas and phosphorus, and produce renewable clean energy. 

Farm Powered Anaerobic Digester Project at Goodrich Family Dairy Farm

Location & Construction
• Located in Salisbury, Vt., Addison County. 5.6 miles from Middlebury College and Cabot’s largest cheese factory
• Plan to construct a 140,000 Mcf/y facility at Goodrich Family Farm 

Farm Facts: Goodrich Family Farm, Salisbury, Vermont
• Generational Vermont dairy farm owned and operated by the Goodrich family
• 900 milking cows on site
• 1750 acres of hay and 650 acres of corn

Utility: Vermont Gas
• Vermont Gas Service to extend existing gas line 5.0 miles to the farm

Project Inputs: Feedstock
• Manure ~ 100 tons per day
• Organics ~ 165 tons per day

Project Outputs: RNG (Renewable Natural Gas) and Electricity
• 140,000 Mcf/y of baseload Renewable Natural Gas for pipeline injection
• 500kW of Renewable Electricity

Farm Benefits
• Annual lease payment for land use
• Reduced energy costs
• Free heat for farm use
• Liquid fertilizer to increase crop yields and reduce chemical fertilizer use
• Separated solids for animal bedding
• Phosphorus reduction 
• Reduced GHG emissions