[Digestion] Consistency of Digester Feed

[Jones, Robin (TWP)]

The bio-digester we are considering will obtain feeds from third parties (i.e. Manure from Feedlot for cattle, Litter from Chicken Farm & Tallow from Abattoir). There is a concern that the owner and operator of the digester will have no control over the consistency of each of these feeds (e.g. The instance one of the third parties introduces an Antibiotic Campaign due to sickness/disease). On a commercial scale has anyone had experience with this matter, relative to obtaining finance and how was this type of  risk mitigated? Alternatively does anyone know of any commercial size plants that experienced similar problems after start-up resulting in a negative impact on their financial model?

Robin Jones
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