Animal Manure Supplies Entire Town with Gas
by Ashley Summerfield (Devon Live) South Molton becomes the first town to get all its gas supply from renewable energy — A town has become the first in Britain to get all its gas supply from renewable energy – made from animal manure. 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. 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 faeces to create enough renewable energy to provide gas to the entire town which has a population of 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.
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“It also makes fertiliser as a side product, which goes back on the local land growing the maize which in turn provides the matter to help produce the gas. A truly circular form of local, sustainable, energy production.”
The company, which employs six local people, has plans to increase its energy output in the near future in order to help deliver even more renewable energy for nearby communities. READ MORE
