July 27, 2001—Tyson Foods and Renewable Energy are joining forces to provide an alternative use for approximately 80-85,000 tons of chicken litter a year.
The two companies will be constructing a gasification facility adjacent to the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Temperanceville, VA, that will convert the chicken litter, as well as sludge from its wastewater treatment plants in Temperanceville and Berlin, MD, to energy in the form of steam, that will then be used by Tyson in its Temperanceville protein conversion plant.
The process will dramatically reduce sulfur emissions from conventional boilers currently being used, and will significantly reduce the current land application of chicken litter (by 82,000 tons annually) and DAF sludge (by approximately 30,000 tons annually) in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Renewable Energy, an Australian-based company with offices in Charlotte, NC, will construct and operate the new energy facility. The facility will consist of two gasification units side by side that will have the capacity to produce 120,000 lbs/hr of steam for use by Tyson in its protein conversion plant which is located next to the poultry processing plant. The primary by-product of the gasification system is an ash high in nutrients that will be sold to fertilizer manufacturers.
For additional information, contact Ed Nicholson, Tysons Director of Media and Community Relations, at 501-290-4591 or Ross McRoy, Renewable Energys Project Director, at 704-367-1508.
