Kettle Produce has not yet discussed or agreed whether it would be prepared to use an anaerobic digestion plant being proposed for a site between Freuchie and Kingskettle.
A planning application is to be submitted shortly to build the plant near the vegetable-processing facility run by Kettle Produce at Orkie Farm.
It would be powered by around 24,000 tonnes of feedstock a year, made up of carrots, grass silage, distillery waste, manure and slurry.
It has been suggested that feedstock would then be used to create biogas, which would be burned in generators to create power for Orkie Farm and possibly feed the National Grid.
But Kettle Produce stated yesterday: “The farmer at Orkie Miln Farm gracefully informed Kettle of the planned plant but, at this time, nothing has been discussed in detail nor agreed upon.
“The planned biogas plant is to be built on Orkie Miln Farm. Orkin Miln Farm is on land adjacent to Kettle’s Orkie Farm and Kettle does not own this land, nor has it instigated anything to do with the biogas plant.
“Kettle is aware of the planned plant but it has not agreed that Kettle’s farm will be powered by any of the energy produced.
“At this point, Kettle Produce is not party to any more of the information that is already out in public domain.”
Furious residents in the Howe of Fife have vowed to create a stink about the plans.
They have pledged to fight the plans “as forcefully as possible”, amid fears of pollution, unacceptable smells and increased traffic.
They have also criticised Fife Council planners, who have decided that an environmental impact assessment is not needed, despite the proposal meeting one of the criteria.
Planning regulations state that any such development over half a hectare should be subject to an environmental impact assessment.
The proposed site is 1.96 hectares but planning officials say that an assessment is not necessary because the potential impacts are “limited”.