£110M plan to turn human and cow waste into electricity (UK)

[jpak]

http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2008/07/13/110m-plan-to-turn-human-and-cow-waste-into-electricity-98487-20641584/

Ministers are to announce a £110million plan to turn waste from humans, cows and supermarkets into electricity.

The pioneering scheme will see mountains of rubbish and leftovers converted into electricity through a process called anaerobic digestion.

The technology uses natural bacteria to break down waste into gas which can be used to generate electricity.

The Government plan to pump up to £500million into the project over the next five years. Environment Minister Phil Woolas said last night: "We're putting together a radical plan for a new source of electricity. This process means we can turn food waste, farm slurry and sewage into gases to make power. I hope it will be a great leap forward and could provide as much as six per cent of the power we use within the next five years."

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[Turbineguy]

1. "Getting Ready for You Now!"

[kestrel91316]

2. Our Hyperion wastewater treatment plant here in Lost Angeles

has been generating huge amounts of electricity from biogas for over 50 years. It's about time everybody else hop on the bandwagon.

[man4allcats]

3. Ain't that some shit?

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[applegrove]

4. I've heard about this but it was taking place in Ontario I think.