Small digester design Average U.S. Digester Cost: $1.5 million (U.S. EPA, 2009)
{"Image DocumentName": "Small digester designAverage U.S. Digester Cost:  1.5 million (U.S. EPA, 2009)", "Image ImageDescription": "This graphic is one we\u2019ve seen many times. It illustrates the point that as the number of cows increase the capital costs of a digester on a per cow basis decreases. Economies of scale favor larger dairies. The average digester cost for dairies in the United States is  1.5 million. That is way beyond the budget for a small dairy. Digesters that cost this much are not an option for small dairies. <click> Source: AgStar Anaerobic Digestion Capital Costs for Dairy Farms.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}