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Chinese cow manure generates electricity


November 29, 2010  by Popular Science

November 25, 2010 – A
gigantic Chinese dairy farm is now the world’s largest methane farm, turning a
massive source of greenhouse gas emissions into a lucrative renewable energy
source.

November 25, 2010 – A
gigantic Chinese dairy farm is now the world’s largest methane farm, turning a
massive source of greenhouse gas emissions into a lucrative renewable energy
source.

Huishan Dairy in northeast
China has installed gas-powered generators that will capture methane from
fermenting cow manure. Its system is 10 times the size of typical cow manure
methane capture programs — fitting for an operation with a quarter of a million
cows.

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