Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Public Service Department and the Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF) seek proposals for installations of equipment that recover heat from compost. Total funding available through this solicitation is $63,000. Proposed projects should promote the development and deployment of cost-effective, replicable technology that benefits Vermont electricity customers and/or users of heat energy. To create compost, the operator must balance the need to allow the microbes to access oxygen, while also enabling the organic material to reach a temperature of 140-150° F. To strike this balance, operators can turn compost piles or windrows mechanically, or pull air through the pile, or push air through the pile, or some combination of these.
