Bloom Energy announced the installation of a 1 megawatt (MW) fuel cell at Bar 20 Dairy Farms in Kerman, California, to use cow manure to generate sustainable electricity on site. Therefore, Bloom's first dairy farm biogas project has been completed.

Bar 20 Dairy Farms uses biogas digesters, gas cleaning skids and Bloom Energy fuel cells to convert cow dung into sustainable energy to achieve an end-to-end waste-to-energy solution.

Biogas, mainly methane, is captured by the CalBio digester during the anaerobic decomposition of dairy manure. Bloom Energy's flexible solid oxide fuel cell converts biogas into sustainable energy through an electrochemical process, which will not burn after being cleaned in the separation skid.

Methane can account for 65% of dairy biogas. Waste-to-energy technology can capture methane, which would otherwise be emitted into the environment, while also reducing carbon emissions from power generation and automobile fuels.

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Bloom’s energy servers provide enough power to power gas cleaning skids and the energy needs of dairy farms. In addition, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations around California are receiving additional power. California dairy farms, such as Bar 20 Dairy Farms, which produces renewable energy to charge electric vehicles, can participate in the California Air Resources Board's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program, providing them with a new source of income.

Bloom Energy executive vice president and chief marketing officer Sharelynn Moore said: "Limited resources do not mean limited energy; on the contrary, it means doing better things with what we have."

"Bar 20 Dairy Farms has long recognized that the measures they are taking now will benefit their industries and communities for many years to come. For example, methane is a potent greenhouse gas with a limited lifespan in the atmosphere. Therefore, collection and Using waste methane as a renewable fuel is a powerful option to quickly and effectively mitigate climate change.

Bloom Energy is honored to be part of this journey and demonstrates that fuel cells are an important part of a low-carbon future. "

There are hundreds of megawatts of economically viable dairy biogas in California. With the widespread use of dairy biogas digesters in the California dairy industry, on-site power generation systems that use the collected biogas to generate non-combustible renewable electricity are in great demand.

In addition, due to Bar 20 Dairy Farms' leadership in prioritizing climate-conscious energy solutions, more California dairy farms may adopt technologies that contribute to the local environment and global climate initiatives.

California’s Central Valley, especially the San Joaquin Valley where many dairy factories are located, has the worst air quality in the country and the highest incidence of childhood asthma in the state. Fuel cells, rather than internal combustion engines, generate energy from dairy biogas, thereby reducing smog-forming pollutants and improving local air quality and public health.

Bloom Energy Server eliminates a lot of harmful air pollution for the local area, and at the same time emits much less carbon emissions than the old system.

In addition, the energy server is designed to generate power 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and due to its modular architecture, it can be customized to eliminate the need for traditional backup power equipment, and scale up as the power demand develops.

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