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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>After re-reading the document, I think he's making a distinction between "anearobic installations" and lagoon systems. Are there more credible sources of information about installed systems available? That would be nice to have.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Erin <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Norma McDonald [mailto:normacnc5@aol.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 16, 2015 2:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> digestion@lists.bioenergylists.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Digestion] San Jose Anaerobic Digestion<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Erin,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I am not sure what subset of the industry Dennis Totzke is capturing, but the numbers are not reflective of all digesters in operation, either in the US or the countries mentioned.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Norma S. McDonald <br>OWS, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Erin Rasmussen <<a href="mailto:erin@trmiles.com">erin@trmiles.com</a>><br>To: 'For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion' <<a href="mailto:digestion@lists.bioenergylists.org">digestion@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>><br>Sent: Thu, Jul 16, 2015 1:41 pm<br>Subject: [Digestion] San Jose Anaerobic Digestion<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_c768b47e-8210-4357-843a-d8fc3028f8ce"><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Anaerobic Digestion is becoming more common in the United States as a tool for diverting food and other waste from landfills this project in San Jose is a good example:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.biocycle.net/2014/03/28/high-solids-anaerobic-digestion-composting-in-san-jose/">http://www.biocycle.net/2014/03/28/high-solids-anaerobic-digestion-composting-in-san-jose/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And with over 250 dairy digesters it's gaining some traction in the US among dairy operators<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-785T">http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-785T</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dennis Totzke of Applied Technologies (<a href="http://ati-ae.com/">http://ati-ae.com/</a>) puts together a technology overview for the Marquette seminar, and he was kind enough to share a copy with me when I visited their booth at the BioCyle Conference in April. According to his research, the US has 610 anaerobic installations, there are 340 in Germany, 332 in china and 275 in Brazil, and there is a steady rate of expansion with approximately of 100-150 non-lagoon digestion systems installed each year. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This list is pretty quiet this summer, and I found the above articles interesting and thought I'd share them with the group. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Erin Rasmussen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>TR Miles Technical Consultants Inc. <a href="http://www.trmiles.com/">http://www.trmiles.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and BioEnergy Discussion Lists <a href="http://www.bioenergylists.org/">http://www.bioenergylists.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:erin@trmiles.com">erin@trmiles.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_dc212ef7-f5f5-4c5c-8793-e4fd1af7d7f7"><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>Digestion mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>to<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>Send a Message to the list, use the email<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>address<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:Digestion@bioenergylists.org">Digestion@bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>Settings use the web<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>page<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>for<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>more information about digestion, see<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>Beginner's Guide to<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>Biogas<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/">http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>and the Biogas Wiki<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="http://biogas.wikispaces.com/">http://biogas.wikispaces.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre></div></div></div></body></html>