City Of St. Cloud Relies On Thermal Flow Meters For Digester Biofuel Co-Gen Power Process

By Jacob Ethen, City of St Cloud and Steve Cox, Fluid Components International (FCI)

The City of St. Cloud, Minnesota, straddles the Mississippi River near the center of the state a little more than 65 miles north of the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The city’s forward thinking staff began looking for sustainable green energy solutions in 2003. After planning and initiating a series of projects over several years, the site is today producing renewable energy with a 20 kW rooftop solar array, a 220 kW solar array and biofuels electricity generation.