Gut – im Grunde ist das Thema nicht mehr so unbekannt. Aus Kuh Gülle lässt sich Energie gewinnen. Doch dennoch ist es kurios, wenn eine Molkerei soviel Energie aus dem Kuhmist produziert, dass Sie die gewonnen erneuerbaren Energien an ein Stromwerk verkauft. So geschieht´s in der Ukraine:

Now the Ukraine Milk Company is banking on 4,000 cows and a GE biogas engine to juice up a factory that produces milk for baby nutrition products.

The combined heat and power (CHP) plant–the first biogas cogeneration plant in the Ukraine–has successfully been powering the Ukraine Milk Company’s factory for 9 months with 625 kW of electricity and 686 kW of thermal output. That’s enough to fully power the factory and sell energy back to the grid. The advantages of using poop power are threefold: UMC improves its factory efficiency, cuts down on greenhouse gas emissions, and keeps excess manure out of the waste stream. After UMC’s manure goes through its biogas plant, leftovers can be used as agricultural fertilizer.

Manure From 4,000 Cows Powers Ukraine Milk Factory (via blokster)