Duke Energy has renewed its power purchase agreement with a 50MW biomass facility in North Carolina.

Located in New Bern, Craven County Wood Energy (CCWE) is a baseload plant that supplies power annually for over 30,000 homes.

The biomass facility makes use of wood waste and poultry (turkey) waste to produce power.

During its 25 years of operation stint, the facility has been upgraded – from 10% poultry waste , it now uses 25% to produce power and plans to use 30% in the future.

Duke Energy’s renewable energy compliance general manager Gary Freeman said: “The increased usage of poultry waste will help Duke Energy better meet state mandates for renewable energy and makes the facility more valuable to the company and its customers.

Duke Energy will purchase all the energy and associated renewable energy certificates (RECs) from the facility.

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A REC is a commodity equalling 1MWh of renewable generation.

As per North Carolina’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), Duke Energy eventually plans to meet 0.21% of its total power sales with energy produced from swine and poultry waste.

Requirement for poultry waste is set to increase over the next two years, and the latest agreement with CCWE will enable Duke Energy to meet the increased compliance requirements.

CCWE plant manager Robert Van Ells said: “We are pleased that we will continue to provide renewable, reliable energy that meets the needs of homes and businesses in our region – while also continuing to support not only our employees but 150 other families who supply us with goods and materials.”