The power of cows
Posted on January 22, 2010
By Cami Mountain
A Clark County man is turning waste from his farm into enough electricity to power nearly 250 nearby homes.
Steve Bach's family dairy farm sits just outside the Village of Dorchester. His herd has 2,600 head of cattle. Also on his farm is a complex machine that takes cattle waste and turns it into power. It literally separates cow manure, removing the solid from the methane gas. That gas is then pumped into power lines and into hundreds of rural Dorchester homes.
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