"COW POWER" PROGRAM CONVERTS ANIMAL WASTE INTO ELECTRICITY
February 28, 2008
February 28, 2008
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Embassy issued the following press release:
"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear," an old saying has it. But a Vermont utility is accomplishing an equally remarkable transformation, turning cow manure into electric power - and in the process both helping to reduce pollution and giving an economic boost to hard-pressed dairy farmers.
Launched by Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) in 2005, the . . .
"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear," an old saying has it. But a Vermont utility is accomplishing an equally remarkable transformation, turning cow manure into electric power - and in the process both helping to reduce pollution and giving an economic boost to hard-pressed dairy farmers.
Launched by Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) in 2005, the . . .