A new biogas facility in Coventry has been commissioned to begin producing renewable electricity.
The facility at Hytone Farm converts dairy manure and food waste into power using an anaerobic digester.
The project is a partnership between UGI Energy Services LLC and Ag-Grid Energy LLC.
The Hytone Ag-Grid facility produces electricity that will be sold to municipalities via virtual net metering through Eversource. The project is expected to produce up to 4.4 million kWh per year.
In April 2022, Pennsylvania-based UGI Energy Services LLC announced its acquisition, via a subsidiary, of a 33% equity interest in Ag-Grid.
“Hytone Ag-Grid is another example of the progress that UGI is making on building a strong renewable portfolio that is supporting projects that are viable today and will enable a more sustainable future,” said Robert F. Beard, UGI’s chief operations officer. “This project supports our goal of increasing our supply of safe, reliable, affordable and environmentally friendly energy.”
Ag-Grid, based in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, develops and operates small-scale renewable electricity projects and currently has five projects in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Ag-Grid also has a pipeline of dairy and food waste digester projects that are expected to produce renewable power and renewable natural gas.
