Energy Recovery from Chicken Litter

Summary

The Energy Power Resources (EPR) power station located in Fife derives its fuel source from poultry litter. It is the third facility opened in the UK by EPR to utilise renewable fuels to generate electricity. The plant utilises fluidised bed combustion technology to enable the efficient combustion of 110,000 tonnes/annum poultry litter. This creates 81 GWh/yr of electricity, enough power to supply 20,000 homes. A by-product of this combustion is an ash rich in phosphates and potassium, which is used as a high quality fertiliser.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
agriculture	chicken producers
power utility sector	Energy Power Resources (EPR)

Region

Fife, Forth Valley, Scotland, United Kingdom

Applied Technologies

• fluidised bed combustion

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	sale of 81 GWh per year of electricity
Environment	reduction in nitrogen runoff from land application of chicken litter renewable energy
Social	reduction in odour problems associated with land application

Additional Comments

None.

References

• Energy Power Resources Ltd (2006) "Westfield Overview", Retrieved from: http://www.eprl.co.uk/assets/westfield/overview.html

Last Update

25 November 2005