Today we visited Kibbutz Yotvata, whose major industry is dairy farming. So as to be more self-sufficient and green, they have a facility that enables them to collect methane (natural gas) from cow manure. From this process, they are able to reduce their waste and generate power for the kibbutz, in total saving them 600,000 sheqels a year in energy costs. Water is also a by-product of the manure. The facility itself is small, holding only 50,000 liters of manure, but the pungent odor can be smelled from far.
Posted by Nic Levy
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