Vt. ski resort to run lift with power from manure

The resort is planning to power its K-1 Express Gondola with electricity generated through Green Mountain Power's Cow Power program, which enables customers to purchase all or part of their electricity at a premium and support Vermont's dairy farms

The program works by collecting cow manure, mixing it with wash water from the milking equipment and then pumping that slurry into a digester where it is heated for three weeks. The process converts the manure into biogas that is 60 percent methane.

The methane is then used to power a generator, which sends power to the electric grid.