Thames Water are harnessing the power of sewage waste that comes from our toilets... that's right one man's waste is another companies fuel.
The article, from the guardian, explores the potential for energy production at the plant:
"The company estimates that 16% of its electricity needs will be covered in the current financial year by so-called poo power – enough to run about 40,000 average family homes – from a total energy requirement of 1,300 gigawatt hours."
Expanding this technology to all waste treatment works will save a lot of unnecessary carbon dioxide emissions from either producing energy from conventional combustion processes or letting the waste decompose anaerobically producing methane.
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