US Company Converts Cheese Waste into Ethanol
With help from a state agricultural grant, a Wisconsin company has successfully tested technology that converts cheese waste into renewable energy. According to Joe Van Groll, owner of DuBay Ingredients, the process starts with the cow and ends with the cow.
Two years ago, Van Groll received a $29,000 grant from the Agricultural Development and Diversification Grant program to research and develop a process for the conversion of cheese whey permeate into ethanol. The process also creates a high-nutrition cattle feed by extracting two by-products: probiotic feed supplement and salt.
State agriculture officials say the cheese waste to ethanol technology could save cheese makers millions of dollars annually in disposal costs.
"We are confident the system will give some cheese plants the ability to convert whey permeate into ethanol and valuable by-products," said Van Groll. "We have already made significant progress in developing business partnerships to take this technology to the market place."
Dairy generates more than $20 billion in economic activity for the state
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Two years ago, Van Groll received a $29,000 grant from the Agricultural Development and Diversification Grant program to research and develop a process for the conversion of cheese whey permeate into ethanol. The process also creates a high-nutrition cattle feed by extracting two by-products: probiotic feed supplement and salt.
State agriculture officials say the cheese waste to ethanol technology could save cheese makers millions of dollars annually in disposal costs.
"We are confident the system will give some cheese plants the ability to convert whey permeate into ethanol and valuable by-products," said Van Groll. "We have already made significant progress in developing business partnerships to take this technology to the market place."
Dairy generates more than $20 billion in economic activity for the state
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