In the heart of Maine’s Dairy Capital, Clinton, something extraordinary is happening at Flood Brothers Farm. Home to 4,300 cows, this farm represents generations of hard work, resilience, and resourcefulness—values Mainers know well. It’s also the center of groundbreaking, innovative work that’s reshaping how we think about sustainability.

Watch how Peaks Renewables is working to create a decarbonized future we can all believe in.

DAIRY FARMS

6 Maine farms

ESTIMATED EMISSIONS SAVINGS

28,000 MT/CO2e/year

Equivalent to taking 6,500 cars off the road forever!

PRODUCEs approximately

130k MMBtu of gas/year

Peaks Renewables (Peaks) works with six Maine-based, family-owned dairy farms to generate homegrown renewable natural gas. The Peaks facility is located at Flood Brother’s Farm in Clinton, Maine where the company broke ground early May of 2022. This facility produces approximately 130,000 MMBtu of natural gas annually by recycling the manure from area dairy farms to generate pipeline-quality renewable natural gas (RNG). The gas is purchased by Peaks’ affiliate, Summit Natural Gas of Maine. The clean, safe, and renewable gas is used to warm homes and fuel businesses and industries throughout the state. In addition to the gas being used by Summit Natural Gas of Maine, the renewable attributes from the digester are sold to third party companies to aid in meeting their goals for emissions reduction. Peaks estimates that the facility removes 28,000 MT/CO2e annually. That’s the equivalent of taking 6,500 cars off the road forever! In addition to generating pipeline-quality, carbon-negative renewable natural gas, the facility also produces animal bedding and fertilizer that is returned to the dairy farms Peak's works with to use in their daily operations. This unique RNG project is the first of its kind in Maine and one of only a few projects like this in the country.

In addition to generating RNG from dairy manure, Peaks has also received a nearly $5 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to locate a methanized green hydrogen demonstration project at the Clinton, Maine dairy digester. This demonstration project will use captured carbon from the dairy digester and combine it with green hydrogen to create pipeline-quality methane. Once completed, this project will be the first on-system hydrogen methanization facility of its kind in the country.

Meet the Farms