A group of British farmers are turning cow poo into cow POWER – in the form of AA-size “patteries”.The rechargeable “patteries” could be one part of Britain’s renewable energy solution, as 1kg of cow poo can produce 3.75 kwh of electricity.This is enough energy to power a vacuum cleaner for five hours, or do 3.5 hours of ironing.Dairy cooperative Arla, which developed the batteries with battery expert, GP Batteries, claim the energy created from the waste of a single cow could power three households for a year.As a result, its 460,000-strong herd could fuel an “udderly amazing” 1.2m UK homes.Having a reliable and consistent source of power, like cow slurry – which Arla produces more than 1m tonnes of annually – could provide new.
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