Biomethane from Toilets

Toilet Gas?

Waste from home toilets can and should actually be used to generate cooking gas.

In the UK, waste from Manchester’s loos will help contribute to local gas supplies.

According to this article at Oddstuff,

Toilet power is the fuel of the future in the UK where waste from Manchester’s loos will help contribute to local gas supplies.

Manchester’s toilets will soon be contributing to the local gas network under a green energy project planned by United Utilities Group and National Grid.

In a UK first, the two companies plan to turn a by-product of the waste water treatment plant at Davyhulme in Manchester, northwest England into gas for the local network and fuel for a fleet of sludge tankers.

Fuel for the future

Biogas is produced through a process called “anaerobic digestion” when wastewater sludge is broken down by the action of microbes. Unlike electricity generated from wind turbines, biogas offers a steady stream of green energy.

Biomethane is a renewable fuel.

How viable?

Since sewage treatment is a 24-hour process, there should be an endless supply of biogas.

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