Missouri Farms (Smithfield / Monarch)
The Whitetail and Green Hills farms are online and significantly contributing to gas production for 2021. These are the 7th and 8th farms Roeslein Alternative Energy operates in Northern Missouri, with gas production exceeding this year’s goals.
The Ruckman cover upgrade project was completed at the end of 2021. Locust Ridge completed all but one lagoon. Our South Meadows and Valley View farms will resume lagoon cover upgrades in the spring to provide additional integrity and longevity. Gas production must be low in order to safely work on the lagoon covers.
Low-pressure offloading systems have been installed at the Ruckman and Whitetail farms. This will allow tube trailers to be fully emptied when the pressure is at the lowest point and increase gas injection to the pipeline.
The Coffey, MO (Scott Colby) farm is the 9th farm added to our Missouri operations in 2022. Detailed engineering is in progress as we work towards the spring 2022 startup with our R&A partners.
The Nevada, MO farm is currently in the developmental engineering stage. This is the process to engineer enough of the systems to secure more accurate pricing, ensuring project feasibility moving forward.
The Whitetail Farm Nutrient Recover project is moving towards completion in 2022. This process includes providing solar power for both the new recovery process and the gas cleaning area for the Whitetail Farm. This will take digester effluent and extract nutrients to make liquid fertilizer and provide clean process water.
The Badger Wolf project is in Phase I engineering and has moved ahead of Yuma Colorado (currently on hold) to meet Smithfield’s strategic needs. This effort will begin in October 2021.
Our farm in Catesby, OK (Smithfield) is currently in the Phase I preliminary engineering study to determine project feasibility.
In addition to these existing projects, numerous small projects have been approved for 2022 to improve Missouri operations.
Align partnership:
The RAE Process Team continues to support the Waverly, VA, Minersville, UT, and Snowflake, AZ projects for Roeslein and Associates.
Sievers Farm:
The funding strategy is being finalized for work over winter so that gas will be produced in late 2022. This farm will take dairy waste and convert the existing systems used to burn methane gas as fuel into clean biogas that will be injected into transmission pipelines.
Kolb Bioenergy Dexter New Mexico:
Permitting is complete for this project. A new evaporation lagoon has been installed for various process uses. The existing liner repairs are complete, along with scoping final electrical and instrumentation installations. RAE will begin the start-up of the systems in a measured state to determine the exact water treatment needs. The water treatment systems are being installed over the next nine months to allow full start-up and operations. Modifications to the dairy farms are being done to allow for the use of the treated water to minimize the need for supplemental clean water.
Seaboard Projects (Texas / Oklahoma):
The Sunray Texas start-up of gas cleaning systems is complete. Gas production and injection into the transmission pipeline began late in the third quarter of 2021. The lagoons are ready for operation as gas production becomes available.
Construction has begun in Perryton, TX in the digester area and is expected to be completed in 2022. The gas cleaning system will begin in March 2022 (area 3000).
The Prestige Oklahoma farm, Phase I engineering effort is nearly complete and working to establish project funding.
RAE is currently providing gas dehydration equipment for lagoons at four Seaboard projects: Perryton, Guymon, Ladder Creek East, and Ladder Creek West.
Smithfield Projects (North Carolina):
RAE is working with our EPC partners at Roeslein & Associates to complete Phase I scoping for five sites at Laurenberg, SC and Gaston SC. We are providing process support for this effort.
Iowa Select (Thayer, IA):
RAE continues to work with our EPC partners at Roeslein & Associates to engineer and execute construction at the Ponderosa Biogas Project.