Chicken manure to power 90,000 homes in Netherlands
October 6th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI ( 1 comment )Washington, Oct 6 (ANI): The worlds largest biomass power plant running exclusively on chicken manure has opened in the Netherlands, which will deliver renewable electricity to 90,000 households.
According to a report in ENN (Environmental News Network), the power plant has a capacity of 36.5 megawatts, and will generate more than 270 million kWh of electricity per year.
The biomass power plant is more than merely carbon neutral.
If the chicken manure were to be spread out over farm land, it would release not only CO2, but also methane, a very potent greenhouse gas.
By using the manure for power generation, the release of methane is avoided.
The biomass power plant will utilize approximately 440,000 tons of chicken manure, roughly one third of the total amount produced each year in the Netherlands.
Many European countries, including the Netherlands, suffer under an excess of different types of animal manure that pollute the environment. (ANI)
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October 5th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
i want to know more about generate electricity from cow manure. i want to that what is the actual cost of the generator which is use for this procedure. please give me all about information of this procedure. thnkyou