This might be the largest biomass power plant in the world that runs only and only on chicken manure. Netherlands has come up with an innovative eco-friendly method which is expected to provide renewable electricity to somewhere around 90,000 households.

With a capacity of 36.5 megawatts, the biomass plant will generate more than 270 million kWh of electricity per year. Insiders reveal that the plant is a good way to get rid of the chicken manure, which if spread over the farm land would release a massive amount of CO2 as well as methane.
In other words, the plant is more than just ‘carbon neutral’. It will use up approximately 440,000 tons of chicken manure, which is one third of the total chicken manure produced in Netherlands every year. Indeed a good way to get rid of pollution by excess of different kinds of animal manure, a problem faced by many agrarian economies.
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The Dutch are famous for being creative and creating their unique brand of everything. From the Orange Army that floods everywhere they go to the style of ‘Total Football’ that they have adopted. They are all about doing things in a grand different way and apparently their idea if recycling Chicken poop is also pretty huge. The Dutch have opened the world’s largest biomass power plant running exclusively on chicken manure. The $225 million project is owned and operated by multi-utility company Delta. The facility will deliver renewable electricity to 90,000 households.

The unique plant actually solves a very serious problem that has been plaguing the Dutch since long. For decades now the Dutch have been processing chicken manure at a very high cost and have had a tough time dealing with it. Now they ca just put it all in their brand new plant and make energy out of it. In that sense, this is both an ecological and economic investment for the nation.

The biomass power plant will utilize approximately 440,000 tons of chicken manure, roughly one third of the total amount produced each year in the Netherlands. The biomass power plant is more than merely “carbon neutral”. If the chicken manure were to be spread out over farm land, it would release not only CO2, but also methane, a very potent greenhouse gas. By using the manure for power generation, the release of methane is avoided. With a capacity of more than 270 million kWh of electricity per year, it will solve two problems in one go.

Via Nextenergynews