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Turning waste into wattage (BioEnergy)
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 Industrial and farm waste soon may supply electricity for thousands of people, thanks to an economic development collaboration among experts from Purdue University, industry, and city and county governments.
Purdue planners and scientists, central Indiana’s Clinton County and city of Frankfort, Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Indiana Clean Energy LLC 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.
“We’re bringing together agriculture and industry to optimize the energy potential in waste,” says Ron Turco, Purdue environmental microbiologist. “We want this project located in an area that takes full advantage of the available waste generated by the area’s industrial base.”
Changing waste into energy for homes, businesses and farms is stewardship for the environment, says Gina Sheets, Clinton County economic development director. “Throwing away waste that has value is a waste; it harms the environment and ignores a valuable resource.”
Purdue’s BioEnergy Web site www.ces.purdue.edu/bioenergy
Related information: http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agricultures/past/summer2007/Spotlight/spotlight14.htm
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