Yakima Circularity Center

About the project

The Yakima Circularity Center in Yakima County, Washington, will convert methane released from dairy manure at George DeRuyter & Sons Dairy into renewable natural gas each year. Brightmark’s investment in the Yakima Circularity Center enables DeRuyter to upgrade its 2007 manure collection system and digester to increase its capacity to one 3.3 million gallon digester. A vital component of the center is the construction of a new gas pipeline infrastructure that sets the table for RNG centers for other dairies in the area.

Project benefits

GHG REDUCTIONS

This project reduces emissions by an average of over 54,000 tons of CO2eq annually. That is equivalent to planting more than 71,000 acres of forest per year.

RESOURCE RECOVERY

Renewable products generated by the center include biofertilizer, digested dairy fiber for use as cow bedding or as a peat moss substitute, and reclaimed irrigation water.

WASTE TO NEW PRODUCTS

The center is expected to save DeRuyter Dairies more than $500,000 each year in operations and environmental compliance costs.

“On day one after the digester upgrades were complete, we were out there emptying manure ponds to turn that waste back into useful products and to recycle nutrients. We’re glad for the opportunity to lead the way for others in the industry in this arena.”

– Dan DeRuyter, co-owner of DeRuyter Dairies

Transform your waste

Brightmark owns and operates over 30 gas circularity centers working with 40 farms across the United States, all of which have been launched in the past three years alone, making the company an emerging leader in the rapidly growing RNG industry. If you’d like to partner on a project with us, please fill out this form to get started!

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