Continuing your science education is a positive.

The anaerobic digestion facility that Biogas Energy Partners (BEP) helped bring online at Stonyvale Farm in Exeter, Maine, has received a lot of media attention. On Sunday, the Maine Today newspapers published a very lengthy article about Exeter Agri-Energy (EAE) and its facility at Stonyvale Farm.

The story explains how the project turns cow manure and food waste into biogas, which is then burned to produce heat and electricity.

We’re so close to the project that we sometimes forget most people are unaware of this cutting-edge technology, and the potential it has for helping meet this country’s energy needs, saving space in landfills, and putting less stress on the atmosphere by reducing greenhouse gases. As John Wintle points out in the article, when people encounter the system for the first time they have all kinds of questions about how the technology works and how well it performs. Media attention is flattering, sure, but we are far more interested in promoting the science, and the long-term solution to several challenges it represents. If you’ve missed previous stories about BEP, EAE and Stonyvale Farm, here are some links:

• New England Cable News
• WCSH: The Green Outdoors
• Mainebiz magazine
• Maine Public Radio
• Lancaster Farming
• Bangor Daily News

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