Florida Agriculture Part of the Climate Change Solution

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Florida Agriculture Part of the Climate Change
Solution

• Farm to Fuels Summit
• 2007

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AgCert International, plc

• International Leader in the production and sale
  of agriculturally derived and other greenhouse
  gas (GHG) emission reduction offsets
• Founded to generate emission reductions from
  agriculture to reduce the adverse impacts of GHG
  emissions related to global warming and climate
  change and at the same time provide environmental
  co-benefits

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Kyoto Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Accomplishments
Host Country Approval
Approximately 2,000 farms under contract in Latin
America
Validate Project
Register Project
63 Registered PDDs 11 Submitted for
Registration 88 validated PDDs 919 farm sites
represented
Stakeholders Meeting
625 farm sites completed 672 digesters in
operation
Prepare Submit PDD
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Digester
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Typical Installations
Project Activity Finished Product
Anaerobic Digester
Biogas Handling System
Combustion System
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Open Lagoon Close Up
A closer view of the original anaerobic lagoon
shows bubbles of methane (CH4) being released
into the atmosphere. Methane is 21 times more
potent in regards to global warming than carbon
dioxide.
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Typical Installations
Project Activity Excavation
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Typical Installations
Project Activity Geomembrane (HDPE/PVC) Liner
Installation
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Typical Installations
Project Activity Cover Installation
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Typical Combustion Options
Flare, Co-generation and Water Boilers
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Florida Ag Opportunities

• There are 130,000 dairy cows in Florida
• Dairies average 730 cows
• 50 of Dairies raise young replacement cattle
• High-producing cows may consume 100 pounds of
  feed and 50 gallons of water per day.
• A dairy cow can excrete as much as 195 pounds of
  manure and urine per day.
• An average Florida Dairy with a biodigester would
  produce 3,500 tons of CO2 equivalent per year
• Many additional opportunities exist in Florida
  Agriculture for the production of GHG emission
  reductions from organic agricultural waste
  products.

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AgCert US GHG Project Development Work
A Visit to an AgCert Project in Brazil Sponsored
by the California Climate Action Registry

Key attendees Stephen Larson
Executive Director CA Public Utilities
Commission Diane Wittenberg President
California Climate Action Registry Jackalyne
Pfannenstiel Chair California Energy
Commission Fabian Nuñez Speaker of
the Assembly California State Assembly Susan
Kennedy Chief of Staff Office of
the Governor John Fielder
President Southern California Edison Company
AgCert is working with GHG programs across the US
to insure US Climate Change Programs utilize the
best aspects of GHG emissions trading developed
worldwide.
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Lessons Learned

• In the development of the Florida and North
  American market
• Use approved calculations not meters
• Use meters for QA/Monitoring
• Be sure process is cost effective to attract
  capital
• Keep the rules consistent
• Allow for methodologies and projects to be
  approved or disapproved quickly
• Balance environmental benefits (and co-benefits)
  with commercial market requirements