With an initial goal of developing cost effective, off-the-shelf anaerobic digestion technology for small and medium-sized farms, Michigan State University has established its Anaerobic Digester Research and Education Center. The Center brings together resources that were spread across four laboratories on the East Lansing campus. There are already 150 manure digesters at large dairy farms across the nation, with the potential for 8,000 more according to EPA estimates. If all sites implemented biogas systems, they could generate 1,500 MW of renewable energy. Michigan has 6,000 small to medium dairy farms that are being targeted under the MSU effort.