A town in Devon now gets its gas supply from animal poo
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A town in Devon has become the first in Britain to get all its gas supply from renewable energy – made from animal manure.
By Metro Science Reporter
Locals in South Molton in Devon get all their gas and nearly half their electricity from ‘anaerobic digestion’.
The process sees energy crops, agricultural waste and animal manure transformed to generate renewable gas and electricity.
Its homes are being powered by renewable gas and electricity thanks to an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility located on the outskirts of the town.
South Molton’s facility Condate Biogas uses crops and chicken poo to create enough renewable energy to provide gas to the entire town – population around 5,000.
The facility currently provides enough renewable gas to meet the needs of every single home – and also supplies 40% of the town’s electricity.
The biogas gas is turned into renewable energy which is injected directly into the gas and electricity grid by the plant.
Everything Condate Biogas needs to genera...
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