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Cheese energy could power hundreds of UK homes ... an essay from WEF which is interesting but essentially if modest importance

Burgess COMMENTARY
Nothing wrong with getting incremental energy from the waste discarded from the process of making cheese, but the change to the global energy flows associated with this is really really tiny. I wish the WEF would go after the companies that are doing really bad things at scale and doing rather little to change their ways ....... the executives responsible should be held to account, but the mechanism for doing this is completely absent!
Peter Burgess
Cheese energy could power hundreds of UK homes
Cheesemaker First Milk has its own plant that uses 100% whey to produce biogas. Image: Photo by Alexander Maasch on Unsplash The Wensleydale Creamery makes one of England's best-loved varieties of cheese, but it also produces waste. Now, the bi-products are being put to use creating biogas – the latest evidence of the growing role of cheese in green energy production. Cheesemaking byproducts from Wensleydale will be used to produce more than 10,000 MWh of energy a year. Cheesemaking byproducts from Wensleydale will be used to produce more than 10,000 MWh of energy a year. Image: Wensleydale Creamery The North Yorkshire company will supply whey to a local biogas plant. The facility already uses waste ice-cream to produce gas by anaerobic digestion. The company says the gas from the whey will generate 10,000 MWh of thermal power, enough to heat 800 homes per year. Further north, in Cumbria, farmer-owned cheesemaker First Milk has its own plant that uses whey to produce biogas. Electricity from cheese France, home to countless cheeses – from 50 holders of the prestigious official Appellation d’origine protégée status to local farm-made varieties – has a cheese-powered electricity-generating plant supplying 1,500 homes in Albertville in the Alps. Whey produced by cheesemaking has similarly been used in anaerobic digesters making biogas in other countries, including Italy, Canada, Mexico, the US and New Zealand. Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, is said to be a convert to cheese power. His Aston Martin has been adapted to run on biofuel which, UK media have noted, can be generated from leftover cheese and wine. Global biofuel production in 2018. Image: Statista The royal fuel is supplied by Green Fuels, a UK firm that says it has installed biodiesel plants in more than 50 countries including Mexico, Bali and the US. The US is the world’s largest producer of biofuels, mostly bioethanol from corn. Have you read? This Mexican company is making biofuel from cactus plants Rio de Janeiro is burning trash to create energy and cut emissions America’s shift from coal to renewable energy has begun Ross PowerStatus is reachable Ross Power • 1st Consulting Analyst - Accenture 1h Green Innovation is spreading across all industries and now cheese is entering the energy space. 'The bi-products are being put to use creating biogas – the latest evidence of the growing role of cheese in green energy production' From France to the UK to Argentina, more counties are realising the potential for a more circular approach to cheese production (so many circular puns to be made) In Argentina alone it is estimated the country’s cheese industry generates 9 million tonnes of whey each year, two-thirds of which is discarded and can instead be used for energy production. Anaerobic digestion and biogas could play an important role in creating a circular economy... https://lnkd.in/dxtxiJk World Economic Forum World Economic Forum 1,796,541 followers 2h This might sound cheesy... #RenewableEnergy No alt text provided for this image Cheese energy could power hundreds of UK home weforum.org Europe saw record-breaking temperatures for the second time in a month Reuters Staff · Reuters 26 Jul 2019 The shape of the world, according to old maps Iman Ghosh · Visual Capitalist 22 Jul 2019 3 powerful ways to stay positive Dr Travis Bradberry · LinkedIn 25 Jul 2019 More on the agenda Explore context Read the report Most Popular New report: Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2019 Future of Energy ... Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis
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