C3 Interactive Project Site – Environmental Performance
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
» Carbon Hoofprint Analysis
  • Measure emissions from algal cultivation to milk production: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
» Methane Reduction Potential
  • Assess full life-cycle impact of feed additive on gaseous and liquid material use and emissions in dairy production: LCA
» Impacts on Manure Management
  • Evaluate how the feed additive influences manure characteristics
  • Potential for improved nutrient content in manure
» Biosolids Application to Crops
  • Analyze how algae-enriched manure or biosolids can benefit crop growth
  • Residues and mineral build-up impacts via biosolid application regulation
» Impacts on Anaerobic Digesters
  • Assess compatibility and potential benefits of using algae-enriched manure in digesters
  • Evaluate biogas production: improvements, impairments, or no impact
  • Recycle digester waste for microalgal cultivation (and nutritional profile)
  • Evaluate biogas upgrading through microalgal consumption of carbon dioxide
LF Bioenergy commercial-scale anaerobic digester system
LF Bioenergy commercial-scale anaerobic digester system
Carbon hoofprint of a cow infographic
Interior equipment of anaerobic digester
Developing innovative, safe, and nutritious algae-based feed additives for dairy farms that recapture and reuse nutrients and facilitate rural prosperity