07:10 AM EDT, 09/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Anaergia ( ANRGF ) on Tuesday said its subsidiary Anergia Technologies will upgrade the South Campus Anaerobic Digester at the South Campus Anaerobic Digester (SCAD) and Compost Facility at Michigan State University (MSU).

Last April, MSU began constructing the new MSU Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center, which will host 680 dairy cows. The SCAD needs upgrading to handle the increased amount of animal waste from the new facility, the company said.

This SCAD facility converts food waste from campus dining halls, manure from MSU's dairy farm and food processing waste from the local community into 380 kW of electricity which is used to power a number of the buildings on MSU's campus. It eliminates the need for open-air storage of manure, cutting the odors and methane emissions associated with land-applied liquid manure.

Anaergia ( ANRGF ) works to eliminate a major source of greenhouse gases by turning organic waste into renewable natural gas, fertilizer and water through the use of proprietary technologies.