The Potential of Electricity Generation from Poultry Waste in ...

farms which are currently producing electricity from poultry waste that the available gas
generators using in the industry cannot run more than five hours at a time. Combining all
these factors Scenario I was made to produce electricity for five hours a day mainly during
peak hours of the country.
Scenario II (Production of electricity for twelve hours a day): In this scenario it was
considered that the poultry farms would generate electricity for twelve hours a day. Such a
scenario was made on the basis of daily energy consumption pattern of poultry farms. It was
found that most of the farms use electricity for about twelve hours a day from 10:00 to 22:00
hours. In this scenario the farms can run independently on their own electricity production
hence may not need to pay for electricity to the electricity distributors. However, during
brooding and maintenance of engine still, they will need grid electricity. Therefore they may
not necessary need to be totally disconnected from grid and this will mean they will still have
to pay the minimum charge to the electricity distributors every month.
Different Cases:
Four different cases were considered under each scenario. The cases were based on the
different product through which revenue can be earned. Different products are electricity,
CO2, and fertilizer. Different cases are as follows:
Case 1: Only electricity was considered as a product to earn revenue. Since under the
existing frame work condition only electricity can be sold or consumed commercially.
Case 2: Electricity and CO2 were considered as product for revenue. In this case CO2 was
added to see the impact CDM projects on the total potential.
Case 3: Electricity and fertilizer were considered as product for revenue. In this case
fertilizer was added as there are very few farms selling slurry as fertilizer commercially.
However the market is not open for all. Only the farms who have patent can sell the fertilizer.
So in future with the change of existing laws and through awareness development among the
people a market could be created for slurry as fertilizer.
Case 4: Electricity, CO2 and fertilizer were considered as revenue earning product.
3.6 The Scope and Limitation of the Study
The study was focused on electricity production from poultry waste for decentralized off grid
system at individual poultry farm. The centralized system for electricity generation by
collecting poultry waste from different farms was not considered in the study. The study did
not consider feed electricity on to the grid. The study was based on a micro survey due to
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