How UK Town Entirely Powered by Local Organic Matter Could Have Answers to Energy Crisis
A town in Devon, South West England, is having all of its gas needs met by a local plant that turns chicken manure and crops into energy, with a local MP saying it could hold answers to the energy crisis. The factory deals in biogas, a form of renewable energy created by processing organic materials, such as farm waste, crops and animal manure, in the absence of oxygen.
Ixoca Energy said their Devon plant was pumping enough gas into the local grid to fuel all of the 2,000 homes in South Molton. It comes amid an energy crisis driven by international gas prices and the war in Ukraine which has been sending bills soaring. In a bid to address this, the UK government vowed to boost domestic energy production – in both renewables and fossil fuels – to help the country become more energy independent.