The consumer and commercial demand for renewable green electricity is growing at a rate much faster than for electricity generated by conventional means. Current demand for certified renewable green electricity outstrips supply, and consumers and industry are willing to pay a premium for it.
 

Adding to this pressure, individual states have enacted mandates of specific minimum volumes (% of total electricity sold) which must come from renewable sources. California leads this, with goals of 10% by 2012 and 20% by 2020. New Hampshire, Arizona, Iowa, Washington, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Minnesota, Arkansas, Oregon and others are in legislative negotiation or have announced mandates within their states. Recent mandates set by the Obama administration further underline the sense of urgency for new sources of electrical generation by sustainable, ‘Green’ methods.
 

The growing concern for the effect of ‘Greenhouse gases’ puts many existing industries in the position of having to alter long term production practices as both societal and regulatory pressures force the implementation of cleaner alternatives of operating their plants.
 

IOE’s process generates electricity by combustion of the methane gas captured in the digestion of animal wastes. Meeting the both letter and the spirit of renewable ‘green’ energy, this electrical generation represents an immediate revenue source, with a well defined and easily accessible market. Research published over the past 20 years indicates that each dairy cow produces enough methane to generate a net usable 5 kWh/day. Comparison shows even higher electrical production from poultry and swine wastes.