China chicken farm turns fowl waste into green power

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First of two biogas energy plants turns chicken manure into green electricity

A Chinese chicken farm has found a way to generate green energy while dispensing with one of the more foul aspects of poultry production. Minhe Animal Husbandry, in Shandong Province, claims to operate...

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