Plan to burn North Carolina poultry waste scrapped on legal technicality
The North Carolina Utilities Commission has rejected Peregrine Biomass Development’s plans to burn the poultry waste and make steam, because a 2007 renewable energy law only allows the use of poultry waste as a renewable resource if the waste is used to generate electricity.
The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported that Peregrine, based in Greenville, S.C., was considering four potential sites in this state to build facilities that burn poultry waste to make steam. The company was hoping to sell steam in Bertie, Craven, Halifax and Iredell counties, said the company’s president, Ralph Walker.