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Cheese-based power station in the Alps produces enough power to supply a community of 1,500
Bacteria are added to the whey to produce the gas, which is then used to generate electricity that is sold to the energy company EDF.
“Whey is our fuel,” said François Decker of Valbio, the company that designed and built the power station, which opened in October. “It’s quite simply the same as the ingredient in natural yoghurt.”
I think solar energy is not enough for our needs. I am thinking of installing solar plants, but I heard it is expensive and doesn't provide enough power. But please, don’t think that I’m against green energy. I installed a few solar plants on my roof. I noticed the bill reduction, but I cannot say that I completely stopped using power supplied by our city. The same thing with my RV, I installed solar plants on a top, but during our trip, I noticed that the battery supply is not enough power to satisfy our needs.
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Every "new" technology is constrained by the discipline imposed by the market -- if something doesn't cover all its costs and "pay its way" over the long run, it won't be used to any degree that has a meaningful impact.
This is called economics, and no bureaucratic fiat can overrule it for any length of time.
BUT circumstances change over time, and there is all the time in the word for any process to become more efficient.
These are the laws of a free market in action; enough said?
Here in Chemnitz, the city power and steam plant located a few kilometers north of my apartment burns brown coal from an open pit mine. The coal is hauled by train from 70 or so kilometers north. The tall smokestack of the power plant is the tallest structure in the region. There is a long term plan to convert the plant from burning coal onto natural gas (probably piped in from Russia), but I don't think they have all the details finalized.
The power plant needs to burn something or other to keep the steam boilers boiling. In Chemnitz, most of the large apartment buildings (mine included) and most commercial office buildings are hooked up to the city steam pipe grid, which provides 24x7 pressurized steam for the (tap) water heaters and hot water heating systems in the buildings. No natural gas or supplemental gas fired water heaters are needed in the buildings, which is great. It is actually quite efficient and "green", even though the steam is supplied by a coal fired city power & steam plant.
Somehow, I don't think a cheese fired power plant would "cut it" (pun intended), to replace the big coal fired power plant here. Nor would wind or solar.
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