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ENERGY PRODUCTS OF IDAHO TO PROVIDE COW MANURE FIRED ENERGY SYSTEM FOR PANDA HEREFORD ETHANOL, LP IN HEREFORD, TEXASFor Immediate Release Contact: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho USA, May 2006 . . . Energy Products of Idaho (EPI), a leading provider of solid fuel energy systems has been selected to provide the ethanol industry's first fluidized bed energy system that converts cow manure into usable energy. EPI is supplying the facility to Panda Herford Ethanol of Dallas, Texas. The contract includes equipment from the fuel receiving/storage/handling systems to the boiler island and stack. While the boiler island features EPI's latest fluidized bed technology designed to handle difficult biomass fuels, it is also capable of being fueled on coal, cotton gin waste and a variety of other biomass materials. EPI's fluidized bed technology offers excellent operating characteristics and superior emissions performance while providing a method of extracting usable energy from a wide variety of fuels. EPI's energy system at the Panda Hereford plant will meet stringent air emissions requirements established by the plant operating permit in a clean, odor-free manner. EPI has been supplying fluidized bed energy systems for thirty-three years with nearly 100 installations worldwide. Specializing in converting difficult waste products into usable forms of energy, EPI has more fluidized bed systems operating on a wider variety of fuels than any other supplier. EPI has twice received Power Magazine's prestigious "Power Plant of the Year" award for facilities in the USA. Over the past two years, EPI has been awarded six contracts for energy systems in the ethanol industry. These systems are fueled on biomass and coal. EPI is proud to partner with Panda Hereford Ethanol, LP to produce this state-of-the-art facility.
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