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Britain's first dung-fired power station should
be in action by January 2002.
The Devon plant will turn slurry into electricity,
hot water and liquid manure.
About 30 local farmers will provide an estimated
1.6 million tons of slurry a year to the renewable energy scheme.
Charles Clarke, a director of Holsworthy Biogas,
says the power station will produce up to 2 megawatts of electricity
for the national grid.
He argues that the plant will reduce slurry
storage problems and be less unsightly than wind turbines.
Biogas drawn from the stored and fermented slurry
will drive turbines, while the hot water resulting from the
cooling process will heat local schools, hospitals and homes.
Tanker trucks also powered by biogas may deliver
liquid organic manure to the farms.
The complex, which will also handle some food
waste, was funded by a grant of more than £3.5 million
from the European Union and a £3.5 million investment
from Germany's Farmatic, which wants to build similar plants
around Britain.
Torridge District Council provided another £50,000.
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