Source: Meatingplace.com, March 24

A company that wants to build a plant in Carnesville, Ga., that would turn poultry waste into electricity has filed an application to sell the energy in North Carolina, according to local media.

Green Energy Partners, based in Greer, S.C., last week filed an application with the North Carolina Utilities Commission to sell energy generated by the proposed $70 million facility, according to radio station WLHR-FM. Green Energy Partners is a subsidiary of Norcross, Ga.-based Sterling Planet.

The plant, which aims to begin operations in January 2013, would use woody biomass and poultry waste from local growers to generate electricity using a boiler and turbine. The plant would have precipitators and scrubbers to control air pollution and a water treatment system.

Green Energy Partners has already received an air permit from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and a water withdrawal permit and building permit from Franklin County, according to the report, on WLHR’s website.
 

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