Biogas and solar energy produced on a livestock farm
Germany is Europe's biggest biogas producer and the market leader in biogas technology. In 2010 there were 5,905 biogas plants operating throughout the country; Lower Saxony, Bavaria and the eastern federal states are the main regions. Most of these plants are employed as power plants. Usually the biogas plants are directly connected with a CHP which produces electric power by burning the bio methane. The electrical power is then fed into the public power grid. In 2010, the total installed electrical capacity of these power plants was 2,291 electricity supply was approximately TWh, which is of the total generated renewable electricity.
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Location: Stemwede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Photo credit: © clynt Garnham Agriculture / Alamy / Afripics
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