Blue Spruce Farm, a CVPS Cow Power farm in Bridport. The utility is seeking more farm participants. Photo courtesy CVPS
Rutland — Officials of Central Vermont Public Service, which recently brought its tenth CVPS Cow Power natural methane-energy project online, announced an energy production surplus from its award-winning farm-generation program and put out a call for new customers large and small.
CVPS is working to support four new cow power projects across the state, both inside and outside its service territory. Several existing CVPS Cow Power farms are also in the midst of expanding their generation capacity.
New construction projects include: A 150-kW generator at the Maplehurst Farm in Greensboro; a 475-kW generator at the Four Hills Farm in Bristol; a 200-kW generator at the Riverview Farm in Franklin; a 300-kW generator at Vermont Technical College in Randolph.
“We need new customers to enroll in Cow Power to give these farms the same opportunity as their predecessors to create energy, improve their bottom lines, and deliver the environmental benefits to Vermont that Cow Power can bring,” CVPS spokesman Steve Costello said. “We continue to be successful in helping Vermont farm owners develop clean, renewable energy that adds to their bottom lines.”
Since 2005, CVPS Cow Power farms have delivered over 47 million kilowatt-hours of locally produced renewable energy to CVPS customers.
When supply outstrips customer demand, CVPS sells the renewable value of the farm generation into the New England market and provides the proceeds to the farm-producers. Those market prices are somewhat unpredictable and somewhat lower, generally, than the customer incentive payments.
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