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Energy production was a recurring theme on Michigan and Indiana Farm Bureau members’ agricultural study tour to north-central Europe, Sept. 1-11. In addition to being the world’s leader for wind energy production, Germany has financed more than 10,000 biogas facilities in the country. The group visited four dairy farms with biogas converters that use manure and silage to generate heat and electricity for the farm and, in some cases, local homes and businesses. Another stop took the group to the Saerbeck Bioenergy Park, a sprawling 227 acres home to seven wind turbines, 24,000 solar modules, and two bioenergy converters: one for biowaste and a second for agricultural biogas. The entire energy park has 29 megawatts of electric capacity – enough to serve over 250 percent of the community’s energy needs. Stay tuned for more video highlights. For more coverage of the Agricultural Leadership Exchange, visit https://www.michfb.com/MI/Germany/