York Green Energy Farm Burned by Fire
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- Written by By Larry Wooster
YORK — Noblehurst Farms, one of the regions first green energy farms, fell victim to a fire that damaged some of their anaerobic methane digester project on Sunday.
The farm, which is a 2,500 acre dairy operation milking 1,700 cows three times a day, lost function of their big Caterpillar 285 HP engine and their Marathon 447 generator which helps produce green energy through burning manure.
“We’ll be back greener then before,” said Chirs Noble who works on the farm and also stated that Noblehurst Farms plans to replace their old Caterpillar engine and Marathon generator combination to produce approximately 200 KW, thereby virtually eliminating any electric bill for the 1,700 head cow barn.
There are other farms in the region as well that are using this new technology to cut the electricity bill down. The Zuber, Lambs, Boxler and Emerling farms (amongst others) have all followed suit in pursuit of Green Energy Technology.
