New Power Plants To Run On Chicken Droppings
WILKESBORO, N.C. -- It won't be chicken feed that fuels new power plants in North Carolina.
Fibrowatt, a British company, plans to build three new power plants that will burn chicken droppings to generate electricity
The chicken waste and wood chips will be incinerated at 1,500 degrees to produce steam to drive the generating turbines.
Currently, farmers are paying to have the waste trucked away. However, experts have said that alternative methods of disposal are getting too expensive to be cost-effective.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Yay for alternative energy!
Fibrowatt, a British company, plans to build three new power plants that will burn chicken droppings to generate electricity
The chicken waste and wood chips will be incinerated at 1,500 degrees to produce steam to drive the generating turbines.
Currently, farmers are paying to have the waste trucked away. However, experts have said that alternative methods of disposal are getting too expensive to be cost-effective.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Yay for alternative energy!
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