Economic and Technical Feasibility of Energy Production from Poultry Litter and Nutrient Filter Biomass on the Lower Delmarva Peninsula, Coalition of Northeast Governors (CONEG)

ANTARES investigated the feasibility of satisfying energy production requirements on the Delmarva Peninsula with an opportunity fuel--biomass. Teamed with T.R. Miles Consulting and Foster Wheeler, they worked with Conectiv Energy and the Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc. to evaluate the suitability of technologies for three classes of potential energy consumers on the Delmarva peninsula: bulk power producers, poultry and other industrial process facilities, and institutional facilities including prisons and schools. The biomass resources of interest to this effort were the waste poultry litter generated by the poultry industry and harvested nutrient filter materials, including willow and switchgrass. Technologies evaluated included gasification and direct combustion options, including cofiring in existing boilers on the Delmarva Peninsula.