General Article A town in Devon now gets its gas supply from animal poo

Topic Selected: Energy Book Volume: 413

A town in Devon has become the first in Britain to get all its gas supply from renewable energy – made from animal manure.

By Metro Science Reporter

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.

Its homes are being powered by renewable gas and electricity thanks to an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility locat...

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