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Cattle manure and Alberta ingenuity are combining to produce a fledgling alternative energy economy

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Cattle manure and Alberta ingenuity are combining to produce a fledgling alternative energy economy
Two huge tanks with rounded, mushroom lids loom above the snowdrifts,
the first glimpse of Alberta's oddest-looking electricity plant and
also its greenest.

Evan Chrapko stands in front of a generator at the Highmark Renewables Bio-refinery. Photo courtesy of: The Edmonton Journal

Feb. 12, 2009 – Two huge tanks with rounded, mushroom lids loom above the snowdrifts,
the first glimpse of Alberta's oddest-looking electricity plant and
also its greenest.

About one megawatt of power flows out on the wires — enough power to
run the next-door feedlot and turn on the lights in 700 homes in
Vegreville and Two Hills. | READ MORE