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CREATING
RENEWABLE ENERGY
California dairies are going solar in a big way. Large solar installations across the state are sustaining dairies’ energy needs and are offsetting the emissions of thousands of passenger vehicles driven each year.
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Dairy families are increasingly installing methane digesters. Biogas from dairy manure is captured and used to create electricity, renewable natural gas, or carbon-negative transportation fuel.
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Explore California’s dairy digesters.
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