Loyd Ray Farms Waste-to-Energy Project

Cavanaugh is heading to Washington, DC on 4-23-2013 to the 2013 ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards Gala.  The Loyd Ray Farms Waste to Energy Project  which won the ACEC/ NC’s 2013 Henry A. Stikes Grand Conceptor Engineering Excellence Award, has been submitted…

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September will be busy……

September is an exciting month as Cavanaugh has many speaking engagements…. We hope to see you at one or more of these: Virginia Water Jam Virginia Beach, VA Gus Simmons will be presenting “Digester Systems: The Swine Waste-to-Energy Project” Gus…

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Google’s Zero-Carbon Quest

Cavanaugh helps as Google attempts to become the world’s most efficient company. The Cavanaugh designed Loyd Ray Farms project, which converts the wastes collected from a pig farm near Yadkinville, NC into renewable energy, and in doing so, reduces the…

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North Carolina needs more Pig Poop Electricity

WUNC, 91.5 NC Public Radio, recently published a story on the swine waste renewable energy portfolio standard requirement in North Carolina, and the utilities’ request to extend the 2012 deadline. The article by Asma Khalid addresses the environmental benefits vs….

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Macon Water Audit

The Macon Water Authority engineering and finance committees approved the utility’s first long-term plan for reducing “lost water,” as well as almost $560,000 to kick off the effort. The authority paid consultant Cavanaugh & Associates about $100,000 to evaluate its…

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