The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding to farms across North Carolina, Utah and Missouri a ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding to farms across North Carolina, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A Colorado company is breaking ground on a Duplin County plant that will provide Duke Energy Corp. with power from pig poop. Carbon Cycle Energy starts construction Thursday on ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The world’s largest pork company is teaming up with a major energy company to turn pig manure into renewable natural gas. Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy announced a joint ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. [RELATED: Smithfield Foods closing meat distribution center] Smithfield ...

Duke Energy on Thursday said one of its power plants in central North Carolina has begun burning natural gas created from pig manure, a project intended to help the company comply with state law.