Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Cargill's manure energy

Cargill, the ag-based industrial and financial services conglomerate, has made an agreement with Idaho Power to provide energy from a 2.25 MW manure digesting plant at the 10,000 cow Bettancourt Dairy in Jerome, Idaho. This will be the first of a number of these "poop to power" plants around the country.

Read the Associated Press story at the following link: http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_13143715?source=rss&nclick_check=1