Lower Colorado River Authority and Environmental Power Corporation Sign Renewable Natural Gas Purchase Agreement
December 04 2006 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Renewable Natural Gas Generated from Microgy, Inc.'s Huckabay Ridge
Facility to Generate Electricity in LCRA Power Plants PORTSMOUTH,
N.H., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lower Colorado River
Authority (LCRA) and Microgy, Inc. today announced an agreement for
the purchase, for an eighteen-month period, of all Renewable
Natural Gas (RNG) generated from Microgy's Huckabay Ridge facility
in Stephenville, Texas. In addition, the agreement contemplates
that the parties will work together regarding the potential
purchase by LCRA of carbon offset credits and renewable energy
credits produced by the facility. Once completed and fully
operational, the facility owned by Microgy, a subsidiary of
Environmental Power Corporation, will generate up to 2 million
cubic feet of RNG per day from cow manure and other agricultural
wastes for use in any of LCRA's three natural gas-fired power
plants, and is also expected to generate approximately 200,000
metric tons of carbon offset credits per year. With an expected
commercial production of 650,000 mmBTUs of natural gas per year,
Huckabay Ridge will be generating the equivalent of 12,700 gallons
of heating oil per day from the manure of approximately 10,000 cows
at the 8- digester site. The biogas produced at the facility will
be treated to commercial natural gas standards, compressed and
transported via pipeline to LCRA power plants. The facility,
currently under construction, is expected to be generating gas at
full capacity by the end of the first quarter of 2007. "This
purchase agreement with Microgy demonstrates our commitment to
providing clean, renewable energy to the people of Texas," said Dan
Kuehn, executive manager of wholesale power services at LCRA. "In
addition to developing new sources of sustainable energy, this
arrangement will help to protect the natural resources we value so
highly." "Texas is home to a growing agricultural community, and
this agreement is an important step towards developing a truly
renewable energy source from the state's dairy farms," said John
O'Neill, Chief Financial Officer of Environmental Power. "The
environmental benefits of our energy generation match LCRA's
commitment to environmental stewardship, and we look forward to
working together to provide the state with a reliable, renewable
source of natural gas." About Environmental Power Environmental
Power Corporation is a developer, owner and operator of renewable
energy production facilities. Its principal operating subsidiary,
Microgy, Inc., holds an exclusive license in North America for the
development and deployment of a proprietary anaerobic digestion
technology for the extraction of methane gas from animal wastes for
its use to generate energy. For more information visit the
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Environmental Power Corporation and its subsidiaries operate and
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Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, well as in
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they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. CONTACT: Rich Kessel,
President and CEO of Environmental Power Corporation (603) 431-1780
Public Relations Contact: John Abrashkin, Ricochet Public Relations
(212) 679-3300 x121 Investor Relations Contact: John Baldissera,
BPC Financial Marketing 1-800-368-1217 DATASOURCE: Environmental
Power Corporation CONTACT: Rich Kessel, President and CEO of
Environmental Power Corporation, +1-603-431-1780, ; Public
Relations Contact: John Abrashkin, of Ricochet Public Relations,
+1-212-679-3300, ext. 121, ; Investor Relations Contact: John
Baldissera, of BPC Financial Marketing, 800-368-1217; both for
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