California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock South Emissions-Free Solar Thermal System
California Dairies, Inc.
Recipient
Visalia, CA
Recipient Location
12th
Senate District
32nd
Assembly District
$3,997,284
Amount Spent
Completed
Project Status
Project Result
The Issue
California produces approximately 40 billion pounds of milk annual, which is nearly 20 percent of milk in the U.S. Over 80 percent of this milk is used to produce dairy products, such as ice cream, butter, dried milk, and cheese. Processing of milk into dairy products is an energy intensive process requiring large amounts of heat, typically provided by burning natural gas. Supplementing heat required for thermal processes with solar thermal energy could significant reduce natural gas consumption and GHG emissions in dairy processing industries. However, there is a lack of successful, high-temperature demonstrations of solar thermal energy system sin dairy processing facilities.
Project Innovation
The purpose of this project is to design, install, and operate a high-temperature solar thermal system at the Recipient's dairy processing facility. The system will convert solar energy into heat for thermal processes in order to reduce natural gas consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Project Benefits
This project will result in GHG and criteria pollutant emission reductions by using solar thermal energy to offset natural gas consumption at the facility.
Environmental Sustainability
This project is expected to reduce GHG emissions by approximately 750 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.
Subrecipients
Skyven Technologies, Inc.
Sun Light & Power
Match Partners
Skyven Technologies, Inc.
