Where there’s muck there’s gas… National Grid uses biomethane from cow manure

Biomethane has been connected from a farm in Cambridgeshire to the Gas National Transmission System (NTS) for the first time at the end of July. Murrow Anaerobic Digestion Plant in Cambridgeshire operated by Biocow Ltd produces the renewable gas made from cattle manure and straw.  The process is called anaerobic digestion and involves sealing waste in tanks without oxygen, where the material is broken down by naturally occurring micro-organisms into biogas. The pipeline will support flows of up to 15,000 standard cubic metres per hour, enough for the annual gas…

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