- AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A plant
that converts cow dung into energy for homes opened in the Netherlands
Friday.
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- Manure from cows at a nearby dairy farm will be fermented
along with grass and food industry residues, and the biogas released during
the process will be used as fuel for the thermal plant's gas turbines.
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- The heat generated will be distributed to around 1,100
homes in the area around Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands, the
plant's operator Essent said in a statement.
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- Firms in Europe and elsewhere have been investing in
biogas plants and this is the second of its scale running on cow manure
in the Netherlands. It follows another plant that Essent opened in January.
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- Reporting by Catherine Hornby - Editing by Charles Dick
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