February 21, 2007—Industrial and farm waste soon may supply electricity for thousands of people because of an economic development collaboration of experts from Purdue University, industry, and city and county governments.
To supply this electricity and to curb natural gas and petroleum use, planners and scientists from Purdue University, central Indiana’s Clinton County and city of Frankfort, and industries Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Indiana Clean Energy LLC (ICE) are joining forces to use waste to produce methane for conversion to electricity.
Two separate facilities will be built—one for industrial waste conversion and another for hog waste—with the goal of having plants in operation by spring 2008. The methane generated at the facilities will be used to produce electricity. Planners believe that the energy-producing operations will encourage industrial expansion in the area.
