Making energy from biogas more accessible

A new technology which utilises methane from slurry to power on-farm generators could help make biogas energy more accessible for UK dairy farmers

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Left to right: Paul Andrews, Tom Harrison (operations director) and Ian Cooke.
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Left to right: Paul Andrews, Tom Harrison (operations director) and Ian Cooke.

Lancashire-based engineering research and development business, CAGE Technologies, have developed an innovative technology, enabling plug and play power from small scale biogas reactors on-farm, including...

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