Many different types of organic material can be converted into fuel. The fuel can be burned to produce heat, which can generate
electricity or boil water in a boiler to create steam and/or heat.
Listed below are various fact sheets and other information
sources on the use of biomass as renewable energy.
Fact Sheets (Acrobat Reader Required)
Farm Energy from Manure
Turning Wastewater into Energy
Case Studies (Acrobat Reader Required)
Quantum Dairy Takes the Modernization Leap
This casebook presents profiles of farms using anaerobic digesters for animal manures in the Great Lakes States: Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
The purpose of the 2002 casebook is to provide a picture of the current state of on-farm anerobic digester use in these states. The
2004 update includes information about farms that have implemented a digester project since the spring of 2002.
Agricultural Biogas Casebook Sept 2002
Agricultural Biogas Casebook 2004 Update
Reports (Acrobat Reader Required)
The purpose of this study is to determine the technical and economic feasibility of generating electricity from methane using a
packaged generation system that includes an engine, generator, gas treatment system and heat recovery system.
Anaerobic Digester Methane to Energy: A Statewide Assessment
Corn Furnace Feasability Study
Under Act 141 the State of Wisconsin required Focus on Energy to commission a Feasibility Study of corn burning furnaces for
Wisconsin homes. This report is the outcome of that directive.
Corn Furnace Program Feasability Study for Wisconsin
In addition to the report there is a Technical Research Supplement, which is most appropriate for readers interested in the
details of the cost-benefit analysis and other technical issues.
Technical Research Supplement to the Corn Furnace Feasability Study for Wisconsin
