Time: Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (EST Time)
Location: MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, 4301 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824
Registration fee: $50/person (Optional)
Registration site: Farm-based renewable EV charging solutions
Link to article: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/msu-researchers-link-auto-and-dairy-industries-to-explore-sustainable-climate-solutions
The U.S. dairy industry comprises dairy farms, dairy cooperatives, and the companies that market milk and dairy products. Besides its nutritional and flavor benefits, dairy also contributes significantly to the American economy, particularly the rural economy ($630 billion or 1% of GDP in 2019). While economic pressures have driven consolidation with the industry leading to larger sized farms, over 90% of all dairies are still small- and medium-sized farms (less than 1,000 dairy cows). These small- and medium-sized dairy farms are an important sector for both the dairy industry and the U.S. rural community, which urgently need solutions to address growing economic and environmental concerns, particularly arising from climate change. Thus, developing new solutions to enable these small- and medium-sized dairy farms to produce more climate-friendly milk and other products will not only sustain the U.S. dairy industry but also enable it to become a climate-friendly, carbon-neutral industry. Therefore, this workshop will demonstrate a renewable EV charging solution as a climate-smart product to enable a carbon-neutral U.S. dairy industry. The agenda of the workshop is as follow:
| Time (EST) | Agenda | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:30 am | Registration | |
| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Opening remarks |
Deanna East, Associate Director of MSU Extension Jim Saber, CEO of NextEnergy Charles Tyson, MEDC Wei Liao, Director of MSU ADREC |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Demonstration of the mobile agricultural wastes utilization unit for EV charging |
Wei Liao, Barry Bradford, Ajit Srivastava, MSU ADREC Satish Udpa, MSU Mobility Bollingar Motor
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| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Touring the MSU dairy farm and south campus anaerobic digester |
Jim Good and Barry Bradford, MSU dairy farm |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch | MSU Pavilion |
| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Biogas for electrical vehicle | Wei Liao, MSU |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | The new MSU dairy farm | Barry Bradford, MSU |
| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Stirling engine for small-scale biogas utilization | Kevin Pang, Qnergy Co. |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | On-farm renewable natural gas production | Craig Frear, Regenis Co. |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Nutrient management | Wei Liao, MSU |
| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Biomethane potential analysis of organic wastes | Sibel Uludag-Demirer, MSU |
| 4:00 pm | Recap and adjourn |
