Its a gas, gas, gas

Posted on 12 Nov 2010 by The Manufacturer

Last June, a MORI poll revealed that 68% of respondents favoured spending public money on British projects designed to tackle climate change. The government has said it will generate 20% of all our energy needs from renewable sources. Lorenzo Spoerry looks at the manufacturers doing their bit for the environment through the use of biogas.

Anaerobic digestion has been attracting a great deal of attention. Last year, the government made development of the technology a central plank of its waste reduction strategy, although few large-scale plants have been built as of yet. One of the problems is the size of the anaerobic digestion plant: a moderate-sized plant can take up…

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