Gippsland chicken farmer turns 35,000 tonnes of manure into power, fertiliser, food dye

Since 2018, Toongabbie broiler farmer Chris Freney has been trialling a system that converts chicken litter into electricity, fertiliser and natural food dye.

It’s called anaerobic digestion and Freney is hoping to have a larger version of the project operational by the end of the year, which he estimates will generate 8MW of electricity - enough to power roughly 1,200 Australian homes.

Take a look at a short video about the technology below.