EoW July 2013

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French zoo to generate its own electricity

Unused used plant

Giant Pandas will contribute to the zoo’s power supply.

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40 per cent, and unused electricity will be sold to the region’s power company for additional gains. “This initiative is a perfect fit in the policy of sustainable development that we have been applying for a long time,” zoo spokeswoman Delphine Delord told French news site, The Local. Biogas systems utilising organic waste have gained momentum as a renewable energy alternative across the US and Europe. Beauval Zoo – France Website : www.zoobeauval.com

France’s Beauval Zoo is making plans for a new processing plant to convert waste into electricity. The $3 million facility, expected to be in operation by next spring, will generate electricity by burning biogas collected from animal droppings and other organic waste. Most of the zoo animals are expected to contribute, with giant pandas alone producing over 65 pounds of fuel every day! the processing plant will cut energy costs by Beauval Zoo estimates that

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