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Germany seeing future in Biogas
27/Aug/2006: Biogas, long said to be nothing more than a stinky energy source, is slowly but constantly losing its unfavorable image, gaining the respect of politicians and industry in Germany.
Juehnde, a sleepy town with just 800 inhabitants in Lower Saxony, is energy-independent: it is running exclusively on biogas, which can be made from agricultural waste products or plants such as maize and corn.
Six of the town`s 10 farms produce energy crops, and a local power plant ferments those into biogas, warming Juehnde homes, powering Juehnde businesses.
The biogas plant produces double the amount the town needs, some 4 million kilowatt-hours, worth more than $850,000. The project, which was launched by town officials and a German university research institution four years ago, now saves Juehnde`s citizens, who don`t have to buy the expensive oil and gas from outside, between $600 and $700 a year.
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