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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Google Inc., Endorses BioEnergy System on NC Hog Farm

Winston-Salem, NC – Jolanka Nickerman, Google’s director of carbon offsets, announced Internet giant, Google, will invest in high-quality carbon offset credits generated from a swine farm that was transformed into a green-energy animal waste treatment facility designed by Cavanaugh &…

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Pig Power Links

The Loyd Ray Farms Waste-to Energy Project has generated a lot of buzz in the local and national media.  Click the links below to view some of this press: [button text=”Charlotte Observer” link=”http://www.cavanaughsolutions.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LRFArticle-CharlotteObserver10-27-2011.pdf”] [button text=”News 14 Carolina” link=”http://triad.news14.com/content/top_stories/648807/pig-waste-turned-into-power-in-nc”] [button text=”WXII…

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