Gettysburg Energy & Nutrient Recovery Facility

Project Type

Industrial
Sustainable

Project Description

Preconstruction and construction management services for new energy and nutrient recovery facility included:

• Sitework including a half mile access road
• Pre-engineered metal building

Sustainable features:

• Ability to generate 2.5 megawatts of electricity
• Recycle over 13,000 tons of mineral byproducts annually
• Reduce farm ammonia emissions
• Eliminate over 34,000 tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases annually
• Eliminate manure application on 23,000 acres of land
• Reduce phosphorous loading to the Chesapeake Bay by 4.4%

The new facility uses gasification technology to transform egg layer manure into renewable energy and mineral byproducts.

Awards

Award of Excellence - Keystone Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors
Renewable Energy Project of the Year - USGBC Central PA Chapter