BEAD Use Cases

Achieving a Circular Bioeconomy Through Agricultural Waste

Real engineering outcomes from waste-to-energy systems for farms and agricultural cooperatives.

The Challenge

A Complex Waste Management Crisis

Modern intensive agriculture faces a compound waste challenge. While liquid waste presents immediate storage capacity issues, solid dry residues — straw, stover, and spoiled fodder — present a chronic logistical and safety burden. For a farm, the simultaneous accumulation of these contrasting streams creates a complex management crisis.

Addressing agricultural waste in the right way can achieve a circular bioeconomy. We recognize the challenges that small and medium farmers face implementing these regenerative agriculture practices. Our solution is focused on engaging small and medium farmers through cooperatives to realize these benefits to farmers and the environment.

The Solution

A Circular Agricultural System Can:

Capture Methane Emissions

Generate renewable energy available for use. Methane emissions have 80x greater impact than CO2 in the first 20 years. Reducing methane can help buy time to develop and implement renewable, carbon-free energy technologies.

Sequester Carbon

Process digestate by transforming it into usable organic fertilizer for the farms in your area. Generate Carbon Credits for your site while also rewarding the farmers who use it with their own Carbon Credits.

Replace Harmful Fertilizers

Switch to self produced organic "fortified" fertilizers. Chemical fertilizers have a high carbon footprint as they are deeply reliant on fossil fuels for the manufacturing process. They are also costly and result in significant CO2e emissions, water pollution and soil degradation.

Generate Financial Benefits

Generate financial benefits for farmers while also addressing waste challenges through carbon credits, energy revenue, and reduced input costs.

Case Example

A Real Farm, Real Numbers

A farmer with 42.5 wet tons/day of cow manure, 2.5 tons/day of corn silage, and an existing
anaerobic digester, looking to make use of their waste, decrease toxic fertilizer use, and add new income streams with a grant supported investment.

€468,000

Annual Revenue

From energy and carbon value streams

73,000 kg/yr

Fertilizer Replaced

Eliminating high-cost chemical inputs

2,250 kWh/day

Electricity Produced

From renewable biogas generation

Ready to Explore BEAD for Your Operation?

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