Shropshire farmers are proving that "where theres muck theres brass" by generating green energy and quality compost from their animal muck. The latest proposed plant in the north of the county would generate circa 1.1 MW of electricity each hour of operation (sufficient to supply approximately 1000 residential properties), some of which would be used by farm but the majority will go into the National Grid to help power all our homes and businesses.
The facility planned for a Abbots Moor Farm near Oswestry in Shropshire would recycle 22,000 tonnes of muck each year - mainly unused maize, chicken litter and farm yard manure. The rotting mixture would be cooked up into a slimy soup which bubbles away giving off methane gas which can be used as green energy. The leftover compost like material is then spread on the land as an environmentally friendly fertiliser.
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