Workers at a Kentucky plant are doing more than making doors, molding and stair parts. They are creating fuel to help power the factory.
Cox Interior in Campbellsville has a combined heat and power (CHP) system that burns wood waste in producing electricity for lights and machines, and steam to heat wood-drying kilns.
Employees toss leftover pieces of wood into bins to be fed into the burner.
The business generates 75 to 80 percent of the electricity it needs.
It sells power back to East Kentucky Power Cooperative at night when the system produces more than the factory needs.
Cox Interior is one of about 10 facilities in Kentucky with combined heat and power systems. And there is potential for significantly more combined heat and power generation in Kentucky.
Source: AP
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