June 13, 2011

Poultry Power USA to invest in Biscoe Biogas Power Plant

Poultry Power USA has announced a US$125 million investment in the construction and development of a biogas power project in Biscoe, Southeastern North Carolina, US.

Poultry Power is a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Frontiers Energy. The company will use a clean gasification technology to turn poultry waste into a biogas to be burned inside a boiler. The heat in the boiler creates steam that then turns a turbine and generates electricity. The plant will have environmental controls and will have to meet all state and federal environmental standards. The plant will process about 350,000 tonnes of poultry litter annually.

The company will build, own and operate the plant and sell the generated electricity to the utility for use with its customers. Progress Energy Carolinas has signed a contract with Poultry Power to purchase the output of a poultry waste-to-biogas energy plant. The project is expected to be operational in 2013.

Lloyd Yates, president and chief executive officer of Progress Energy Carolinas, said, "Turning poultry litter into power is an important milestone in the development of bio-waste energy resources in our state."

George Erickson Sr., the chief executive officer of Poultry Power USA, said, "We are pleased to bring jobs and commerce to North Carolina. Our clean technology will provide renewable energy to consumers in the state, and we are excited about being a solution to the litter disposal challenges facing the poultry industry."