Bennett Environmental LLC... Creators of AMBREVO™
Bennett Environmental LLC is in the business of finding sustainable solutions to wastewater and nutrient challenges plaguing agriculture. In 2018, a team of Central Valley locals with over 100 years of combined experience and roots in the Valley came together with a goal: Help California dairies sustain and grow their profitability. Mounting regulations related to wastewater and nutrient management were threatening their survival, and ability to pass their farms onto future generations. Founders Tyler Bennett and John Schaap knew something could be done. With Tyler’s longstanding family business in water and irrigation strategy and John’s engineering expertise in the dairy industry, they were determined to find a solution. The two searched the globe.
finding sustainable solutions to wastewater
Inspiration came during a trip to Europe where they saw large tank digesters successfully process manure wastewater and capture methane to efficiently generate renewable natural gas for use in biofuels and electricity. They were familiar with digester systems on dairies in California, however, they knew the high water content in manure generated from flushed operating systems posed a challenge for tank-based systems. While touring a dairy in Israel they found the start of a solution; an innovative approach to process highly dilute wastewater that generated biogas and cleaned post-digested water. This led Bennett Environmental on a journey to develop the next generation of digester technology specifically designed for flushed dairy operations in California and other parts of the world. After years of intensive piloting and technical review, Bennett Environmental’s flagship system, AMBREVO™ was developed. This patent-pending technology will be the first in the company’s toolbox of innovative, sustainable, and environmentally driven solutions to hit the market.
Demand for green energy technology is high. Both public and private markets are expanding. AMBREVO™ offers renewable energy developers and dairy producers an opportunity for a strong return on investment with an improved net present value over more traditional systems. AMBREVO™’s ability to provide year-round consistent gas production over multiple years allows for a reliable rate of return projects from the start of any project.